diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index aa685a20b64931ecad43549f98b953178a2e8626..636af538a2b53d15085139e4904ef19b53a42c3f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device * dev)
  *	bus_attach_device - add device to bus
  *	@dev:	device tried to attach to a driver
  *
+ *	- Add device to bus's list of devices.
  *	- Try to attach to driver.
  */
 int bus_attach_device(struct device * dev)
@@ -400,11 +401,13 @@ int bus_attach_device(struct device * dev)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (bus) {
+		dev->is_registered = 1;
 		ret = device_attach(dev);
 		if (ret >= 0) {
 			klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_bus, &bus->klist_devices);
 			ret = 0;
-		}
+		} else
+			dev->is_registered = 0;
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -425,7 +428,8 @@ void bus_remove_device(struct device * dev)
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "bus");
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->bus->devices.kobj, dev->bus_id);
 		device_remove_attrs(dev->bus, dev);
-		klist_remove(&dev->knode_bus);
+		dev->is_registered = 0;
+		klist_del(&dev->knode_bus);
 		pr_debug("bus %s: remove device %s\n", dev->bus->name, dev->bus_id);
 		device_release_driver(dev);
 		put_bus(dev->bus);
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 319a73be4180ae89a71ffe5af72866b4e05e8fa2..b5f43c3e44fa2a5c9d5bf23898ea57472e7b38ae 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev)
 	struct task_struct *probe_task;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (!device_is_registered(dev))
+		return -ENODEV;
 	if (drv->bus->match && !drv->bus->match(dev, drv))
 		goto done;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 74246efba9319b8ea0f4531e38923a32a60518b5..662e6a10144e5b453b2ad11b02fc7314bd33816e 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ struct device {
 
 	struct kobject kobj;
 	char	bus_id[BUS_ID_SIZE];	/* position on parent bus */
+	unsigned		is_registered:1;
 	struct device_attribute uevent_attr;
 	struct device_attribute *devt_attr;
 
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ dev_set_drvdata (struct device *dev, void *data)
 
 static inline int device_is_registered(struct device *dev)
 {
-	return klist_node_attached(&dev->knode_bus);
+	return dev->is_registered;
 }
 
 /*