diff --git a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
index 5a7b7d3f0e00..3e5bcf076154 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/acpi.c
@@ -962,6 +962,13 @@ static void __exit cxl_acpi_exit(void)
 
 /* load before dax_hmem sees 'Soft Reserved' CXL ranges */
 subsys_initcall(cxl_acpi_init);
+
+/*
+ * Arrange for host-bridge ports to be active synchronous with
+ * cxl_acpi_probe() exit.
+ */
+MODULE_SOFTDEP("pre: cxl_port");
+
 module_exit(cxl_acpi_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_IMPORT_NS(CXL);