diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index e6db9381b2c7656886020da0a441fa9558a1ab08..f816211f062f7a2386b215a0e6155bed19b271b5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2796,7 +2796,6 @@ channel_handler(ipmi_smi_t intf, struct ipmi_recv_msg *msg)
 					= IPMI_CHANNEL_MEDIUM_IPMB;
 				intf->channels[0].protocol
 					= IPMI_CHANNEL_PROTOCOL_IPMB;
-				rv = -ENOSYS;
 
 				intf->curr_channel = IPMI_MAX_CHANNELS;
 				wake_up(&intf->waitq);
@@ -2821,12 +2820,12 @@ channel_handler(ipmi_smi_t intf, struct ipmi_recv_msg *msg)
 
 		if (rv) {
 			/* Got an error somehow, just give up. */
+			printk(KERN_WARNING PFX
+			       "Error sending channel information for channel"
+			       " %d: %d\n", intf->curr_channel, rv);
+
 			intf->curr_channel = IPMI_MAX_CHANNELS;
 			wake_up(&intf->waitq);
-
-			printk(KERN_WARNING PFX
-			       "Error sending channel information: %d\n",
-			       rv);
 		}
 	}
  out:
@@ -2964,8 +2963,12 @@ int ipmi_register_smi(struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers,
 		intf->null_user_handler = channel_handler;
 		intf->curr_channel = 0;
 		rv = send_channel_info_cmd(intf, 0);
-		if (rv)
+		if (rv) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING PFX
+			       "Error sending channel information for channel"
+			       " 0, %d\n", rv);
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		/* Wait for the channel info to be read. */
 		wait_event(intf->waitq,
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 5d665680ae33fea5bbc74084d1d79d37f62c4f15..5c4e1f625bbb8481910565a225189159e472ea3e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -965,9 +965,9 @@ static inline int ipmi_si_is_busy(struct timespec *ts)
 	return ts->tv_nsec != -1;
 }
 
-static int ipmi_thread_busy_wait(enum si_sm_result smi_result,
-				 const struct smi_info *smi_info,
-				 struct timespec *busy_until)
+static inline int ipmi_thread_busy_wait(enum si_sm_result smi_result,
+					const struct smi_info *smi_info,
+					struct timespec *busy_until)
 {
 	unsigned int max_busy_us = 0;
 
@@ -2658,6 +2658,9 @@ static int ipmi_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	if (!match)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!of_device_is_available(np))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = of_address_to_resource(np, 0, &resource);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_warn(&dev->dev, PFX "invalid address from OF\n");
@@ -3655,6 +3658,9 @@ static void cleanup_one_si(struct smi_info *to_clean)
 	if (!to_clean)
 		return;
 
+	if (to_clean->dev)
+		dev_set_drvdata(to_clean->dev, NULL);
+
 	list_del(&to_clean->link);
 
 	/* Tell the driver that we are shutting down. */