diff --git a/drivers/acpi/glue.c b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
index 408f6b2a5fa8ee5c6578cd9e555a8386e112e370..48cc4c98e18bc8c418bd5ad4a956a79dbc30b702 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/glue.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
@@ -217,7 +217,10 @@ int acpi_bind_one(struct device *dev, acpi_handle handle)
 		/* Sanity check. */
 		if (pn->dev == dev) {
 			dev_warn(dev, "Already associated with ACPI node\n");
-			goto err_free;
+			if (ACPI_HANDLE(dev) == handle)
+				retval = 0;
+
+			goto out_free;
 		}
 		if (pn->node_id == node_id) {
 			physnode_list = &pn->node;
@@ -255,10 +258,14 @@ int acpi_bind_one(struct device *dev, acpi_handle handle)
 	put_device(dev);
 	return retval;
 
- err_free:
+ out_free:
 	mutex_unlock(&acpi_dev->physical_node_lock);
 	kfree(physical_node);
-	goto err;
+	if (retval)
+		goto err;
+
+	put_device(dev);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bind_one);