diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
index 3a0d32ee2b..88b670b7f8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
@@ -1645,8 +1645,10 @@ int ehci_register(struct udevice *dev, struct ehci_hccr *hccr,
 	ctrl->hcor = hcor;
 	ctrl->priv = ctrl;
 
-	if (init == USB_INIT_DEVICE)
+	ctrl->init = init;
+	if (ctrl->init == USB_INIT_DEVICE)
 		goto done;
+
 	ret = ehci_reset(ctrl);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
@@ -1666,6 +1668,9 @@ int ehci_deregister(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct ehci_ctrl *ctrl = dev_get_priv(dev);
 
+	if (ctrl->init == USB_INIT_DEVICE)
+		return 0;
+
 	ehci_shutdown(ctrl);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h b/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h
index 3379c293c4..b41c04a8b3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ struct ehci_ops {
 };
 
 struct ehci_ctrl {
+	enum usb_init_type init;
 	struct ehci_hccr *hccr;	/* R/O registers, not need for volatile */
 	struct ehci_hcor *hcor;
 	int rootdev;