diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
index ebbfeb13a..6ec27b4b5 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/bsd/pci.c
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ rte_pci_scan(void)
 			.match_buf_len = sizeof(matches),
 			.matches = &matches[0],
 	};
+	struct rte_pci_addr pci_addr;
 
 	/* for debug purposes, PCI can be disabled */
 	if (!rte_eal_has_pci())
@@ -357,9 +358,18 @@ rte_pci_scan(void)
 			goto error;
 		}
 
-		for (i = 0; i < conf_io.num_matches; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < conf_io.num_matches; i++) {
+			pci_addr.domain = matches[i].pc_sel.pc_domain;
+			pci_addr.bus = matches[i].pc_sel.pc_bus;
+			pci_addr.devid = matches[i].pc_sel.pc_dev;
+			pci_addr.function = matches[i].pc_sel.pc_func;
+
+			if (rte_pci_ignore_device(&pci_addr))
+				continue;
+
 			if (pci_scan_one(fd, &matches[i]) < 0)
 				goto error;
+		}
 
 		dev_count += conf_io.num_matches;
 	} while(conf_io.status == PCI_GETCONF_MORE_DEVS);
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
index ca783b157..da2f55b3a 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/linux/pci.c
@@ -487,6 +487,9 @@ rte_pci_scan(void)
 		if (parse_pci_addr_format(e->d_name, sizeof(e->d_name), &addr) != 0)
 			continue;
 
+		if (rte_pci_ignore_device(&addr))
+			continue;
+
 		snprintf(dirname, sizeof(dirname), "%s/%s",
 				rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(), e->d_name);
 
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
index 3f5542076..5da11e4e2 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/pci_common.c
@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ const char *rte_pci_get_sysfs_path(void)
 	return path;
 }
 
-static struct rte_devargs *pci_devargs_lookup(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+static struct rte_devargs *
+pci_devargs_lookup(const struct rte_pci_addr *pci_addr)
 {
 	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
 	struct rte_pci_addr addr;
 
 	RTE_EAL_DEVARGS_FOREACH("pci", devargs) {
 		devargs->bus->parse(devargs->name, &addr);
-		if (!rte_pci_addr_cmp(&dev->addr, &addr))
+		if (!rte_pci_addr_cmp(pci_addr, &addr))
 			return devargs;
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ pci_name_set(struct rte_pci_device *dev)
 	/* Each device has its internal, canonical name set. */
 	rte_pci_device_name(&dev->addr,
 			dev->name, sizeof(dev->name));
-	devargs = pci_devargs_lookup(dev);
+	devargs = pci_devargs_lookup(&dev->addr);
 	dev->device.devargs = devargs;
 	/* In blacklist mode, if the device is not blacklisted, no
 	 * rte_devargs exists for it.
@@ -293,23 +294,12 @@ rte_pci_probe(void)
 {
 	struct rte_pci_device *dev = NULL;
 	size_t probed = 0, failed = 0;
-	struct rte_devargs *devargs;
-	int probe_all = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (rte_pci_bus.bus.conf.scan_mode != RTE_BUS_SCAN_WHITELIST)
-		probe_all = 1;
-
 	FOREACH_DEVICE_ON_PCIBUS(dev) {
 		probed++;
 
-		devargs = dev->device.devargs;
-		/* probe all or only whitelisted devices */
-		if (probe_all)
-			ret = pci_probe_all_drivers(dev);
-		else if (devargs != NULL &&
-			devargs->policy == RTE_DEV_WHITELISTED)
-			ret = pci_probe_all_drivers(dev);
+		ret = pci_probe_all_drivers(dev);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			if (ret != -EEXIST) {
 				RTE_LOG(ERR, EAL, "Requested device "
@@ -589,10 +579,10 @@ pci_dma_unmap(struct rte_device *dev, void *addr, uint64_t iova, size_t len)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-static bool
-pci_ignore_device(const struct rte_pci_device *dev)
+bool
+rte_pci_ignore_device(const struct rte_pci_addr *pci_addr)
 {
-	struct rte_devargs *devargs = dev->device.devargs;
+	struct rte_devargs *devargs = pci_devargs_lookup(pci_addr);
 
 	switch (rte_pci_bus.bus.conf.scan_mode) {
 	case RTE_BUS_SCAN_WHITELIST:
@@ -627,8 +617,7 @@ rte_pci_get_iommu_class(void)
 		if (iommu_no_va == -1)
 			iommu_no_va = pci_device_iommu_support_va(dev)
 					? 0 : 1;
-		if (pci_ignore_device(dev))
-			continue;
+
 		if (dev->kdrv == RTE_KDRV_UNKNOWN ||
 		    dev->kdrv == RTE_KDRV_NONE)
 			continue;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
index a205d4d9f..3a9da7322 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
+++ b/drivers/bus/pci/private.h
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ int rte_pci_scan(void);
 void
 pci_name_set(struct rte_pci_device *dev);
 
+/**
+ * Validate whether a device with given pci address should be ignored or not.
+ *
+ * @param pci_addr
+ *	PCI address of device to be validated
+ * @return
+ *	1: if device is to be ignored,
+ *	0: if device is to be scanned,
+ */
+bool rte_pci_ignore_device(const struct rte_pci_addr *pci_addr);
+
 /**
  * Add a PCI device to the PCI Bus (append to PCI Device list). This function
  * also updates the bus references of the PCI Device (and the generic device
