diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index 1dac9e743427b593113ac62a2607c9f3a24b5c01..db8c191b12013e941c1ab61cea7db7101763bdc0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -282,12 +282,6 @@ void backlight_device_unregister(struct backlight_device *bd)
 					 &bl_class_device_attributes[i]);
 
 	down(&bd->sem);
-	if (likely(bd->props && bd->props->update_status)) {
-		bd->props->brightness = 0;
-		bd->props->power = 0;
-		bd->props->update_status(bd);
-	}
-
 	bd->props = NULL;
 	up(&bd->sem);
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_bl.c
index d07ecb53c68b85bad48b7f8fd243105857a5fec9..61587ca2cdbb5f708f3d0f37babec91fa3153163 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/corgi_bl.c
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ static int corgibl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int corgibl_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
+	corgibl_data.power = 0;
+	corgibl_data.brightness = 0;
+	corgibl_send_intensity(corgi_backlight_device);
+
 	backlight_device_unregister(corgi_backlight_device);
 
 	printk("Corgi Backlight Driver Unloaded\n");
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/hp680_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/hp680_bl.c
index e3993213d10e39cb2e98629dc114775dcc23aa37..1c569fb543ae80f6bef9d6954954398ae358a1c2 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/hp680_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/hp680_bl.c
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ static int __init hp680bl_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 static int hp680bl_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
+	hp680bl_data.brightness = 0;
+	hp680bl_data.power = 0;
+	hp680bl_send_intensity(hp680_backlight_device);
+
 	backlight_device_unregister(hp680_backlight_device);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/locomolcd.c b/drivers/video/backlight/locomolcd.c
index 628571c63bacc4905517c5563a7fc0fa7848c564..2d7905410b2ac61a11b1a9d83d0f59e42a6b86ba 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/locomolcd.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/locomolcd.c
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ static int locomolcd_remove(struct locomo_dev *dev)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	locomobl_data.brightness = 0;
+	locomobl_data.power = 0;
+	locomolcd_set_intensity(locomolcd_bl_device);
+
 	backlight_device_unregister(locomolcd_bl_device);
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	locomolcd_dev = NULL;