}
 }
 
+static void ntb_hw_link_up(struct ntb_device *ndev)
+{
+       if (ndev->conn_type == NTB_CONN_TRANSPARENT)
+               ntb_link_event(ndev, NTB_LINK_UP);
+       else
+               /* Let's bring the NTB link up */
+               writel(NTB_CNTL_BAR23_SNOOP | NTB_CNTL_BAR45_SNOOP,
+                      ndev->reg_ofs.lnk_cntl);
+}
+
+static void ntb_hw_link_down(struct ntb_device *ndev)
+{
+       u32 ntb_cntl;
+
+       if (ndev->conn_type == NTB_CONN_TRANSPARENT) {
+               ntb_link_event(ndev, NTB_LINK_DOWN);
+               return;
+       }
+
+       /* Bring NTB link down */
+       ntb_cntl = readl(ndev->reg_ofs.lnk_cntl);
+       ntb_cntl &= ~(NTB_CNTL_BAR23_SNOOP | NTB_CNTL_BAR45_SNOOP);
+       ntb_cntl |= NTB_CNTL_LINK_DISABLE;
+       writel(ntb_cntl, ndev->reg_ofs.lnk_cntl);
+}
+
 static int ntb_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
        struct ntb_device *ndev;
        if (rc)
                goto err6;
 
-       /* Let's bring the NTB link up */
-       writel(NTB_CNTL_BAR23_SNOOP | NTB_CNTL_BAR45_SNOOP,
-              ndev->reg_ofs.lnk_cntl);
+       ntb_hw_link_up(ndev);
 
        return 0;
 
 {
        struct ntb_device *ndev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
        int i;
-       u32 ntb_cntl;
 
-       /* Bring NTB link down */
-       ntb_cntl = readl(ndev->reg_ofs.lnk_cntl);
-       ntb_cntl |= NTB_CNTL_LINK_DISABLE;
-       writel(ntb_cntl, ndev->reg_ofs.lnk_cntl);
+       ntb_hw_link_down(ndev);
 
        ntb_transport_free(ndev->ntb_transport);