diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
index c13289e10bb1..cc2a3b74d0f0 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ int rio_inb_pwrite_handler(union rio_pw_msg *pw_msg)
 	u32 err_status, em_perrdet, em_ltlerrdet;
 	int rc, portnum;
 
-	rdev = rio_get_comptag(pw_msg->em.comptag, NULL);
+	rdev = rio_get_comptag((pw_msg->em.comptag & RIO_CTAG_UDEVID), NULL);
 	if (rdev == NULL) {
 		/* Device removed or enumeration error */
 		pr_debug("RIO: %s No matching device for CTag 0x%08x\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/rio.h b/include/linux/rio.h
index 9b558856a8b6..ff681ebba585 100644
--- a/include/linux/rio.h
+++ b/include/linux/rio.h
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@
 
 #define RIO_PW_MSG_SIZE		64
 
+/*
+ * A component tag value (stored in the component tag CSR) is used as device's
+ * unique identifier assigned during enumeration. Besides being used for
+ * identifying switches (which do not have device ID register), it also is used
+ * by error management notification and therefore has to be assigned
+ * to endpoints as well.
+ */
+#define RIO_CTAG_RESRVD	0xfffe0000 /* Reserved */
+#define RIO_CTAG_UDEVID	0x0001ffff /* Unique device identifier */
+
 extern struct bus_type rio_bus_type;
 extern struct device rio_bus;
 extern struct list_head rio_devices;	/* list of all devices */