diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
index f4ead1296820c8e789903f428a5b1d1a28bbcc6d..f460de31aceee80200ff9e91f514917bae9f7adc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devices.c
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static ssize_t usb_device_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	/* print devices for all busses */
 	list_for_each_entry(bus, &usb_bus_list, bus_list) {
 		/* recurse through all children of the root hub */
-		if (!bus->root_hub)
+		if (!bus_to_hcd(bus)->rh_registered)
 			continue;
 		usb_lock_device(bus->root_hub);
 		ret = usb_device_dump(&buf, &nbytes, &skip_bytes, ppos,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
index 35b52f6e1c5e03cc9b580986f126f395082c2873..1e741bca02652e8f4ed2b027654abc3ac9d16a4f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
@@ -1011,10 +1011,7 @@ static int register_root_hub(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
 	if (retval) {
 		dev_err (parent_dev, "can't register root hub for %s, %d\n",
 				dev_name(&usb_dev->dev), retval);
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&usb_bus_list_lock);
-
-	if (retval == 0) {
+	} else {
 		spin_lock_irq (&hcd_root_hub_lock);
 		hcd->rh_registered = 1;
 		spin_unlock_irq (&hcd_root_hub_lock);
@@ -1023,6 +1020,7 @@ static int register_root_hub(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
 		if (HCD_DEAD(hcd))
 			usb_hc_died (hcd);	/* This time clean up */
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&usb_bus_list_lock);
 
 	return retval;
 }