diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 7e17488271a88dce4bc224c4f6a008e481822208..96fe2f956754a38a2bfcde9299fe9b5223109466 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -483,31 +483,22 @@ void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver * drv)
 /* Helper for bus_rescan_devices's iter */
 static int bus_rescan_devices_helper(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
-	int *count = data;
-
-	if (!dev->driver && (device_attach(dev) > 0))
-		(*count)++;
-
+	if (!dev->driver)
+		device_attach(dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
 /**
- *	bus_rescan_devices - rescan devices on the bus for possible drivers
- *	@bus:	the bus to scan.
+ * bus_rescan_devices - rescan devices on the bus for possible drivers
+ * @bus: the bus to scan.
  *
- *	This function will look for devices on the bus with no driver
- *	attached and rescan it against existing drivers to see if it
- *	matches any. Calls device_attach(). Returns the number of devices
- *	that were sucessfully bound to a driver.
+ * This function will look for devices on the bus with no driver
+ * attached and rescan it against existing drivers to see if it matches
+ * any by calling device_attach() for the unbound devices.
  */
-int bus_rescan_devices(struct bus_type * bus)
+void bus_rescan_devices(struct bus_type * bus)
 {
-	int count = 0;
-
-	bus_for_each_dev(bus, NULL, &count, bus_rescan_devices_helper);
-
-	return count;
+	bus_for_each_dev(bus, NULL, NULL, bus_rescan_devices_helper);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 07222c531d377849925dbdef25e2501e59f3d0ca..f378c846e6d52fee3b058a20f8d9d2b03f96e4e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct bus_type {
 extern int bus_register(struct bus_type * bus);
 extern void bus_unregister(struct bus_type * bus);
 
-extern int bus_rescan_devices(struct bus_type * bus);
+extern void bus_rescan_devices(struct bus_type * bus);
 
 extern struct bus_type * get_bus(struct bus_type * bus);
 extern void put_bus(struct bus_type * bus);