diff --git a/pkg/nvpci/config.go b/pkg/nvpci/config.go
index 5c4fc7f..5373a0f 100644
--- a/pkg/nvpci/config.go
+++ b/pkg/nvpci/config.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ const (
 	pciCfgSpaceStandardSize  = 256
 	pciCfgSpaceExtendedSize  = 4096
 	pciCapabilityListPointer = 0x34
+	pciStatusCapabilityList  = 0x10
+	pciStatusBytePosition    = 0x06
 )
 
 // ConfigSpace PCI configuration space (standard extended) file path
@@ -85,6 +87,11 @@ func (cs *configSpaceIO) GetPCICapabilities() (*PCICapabilities, error) {
 		make(map[uint16]*PCIExtendedCapability),
 	}
 
+	support := cs.Read8(pciStatusBytePosition) & pciStatusCapabilityList
+	if support == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pci device does not support capability list")
+	}
+
 	soffset := cs.Read8(pciCapabilityListPointer)
 	if int(soffset) >= cs.Len() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("capability list pointer out of bounds")
diff --git a/pkg/nvpci/mock.go b/pkg/nvpci/mock.go
index 60d57ae..7448d0d 100644
--- a/pkg/nvpci/mock.go
+++ b/pkg/nvpci/mock.go
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ func (m *MockNvpci) AddMockA100(address string, numaNode int) error {
 	data := bytes.New(&_data)
 	data.Write16(0, pciNvidiaVendorID)
 	data.Write16(2, uint16(0x20bf))
+	data.Write8(pciStatusBytePosition, pciStatusCapabilityList)
 	_, err = config.Write(*data.Raw())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err