diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 2b905016664d9779439c4fa047507256b0cb2faf..730a9ce0a14a44d45c45fe34b15f1277157fe1d2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@ int driver_probe_device(struct device_driver * drv, struct device * dev)
 	pr_debug("%s: Matched Device %s with Driver %s\n",
 		 drv->bus->name, dev->bus_id, drv->name);
 	dev->driver = drv;
-	if (drv->probe) {
+	if (dev->bus->probe) {
+		ret = dev->bus->probe(dev);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev->driver = NULL;
+			goto ProbeFailed;
+		}
+	} else if (drv->probe) {
 		ret = drv->probe(dev);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev->driver = NULL;
@@ -203,7 +209,9 @@ static void __device_release_driver(struct device * dev)
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "driver");
 		klist_remove(&dev->knode_driver);
 
-		if (drv->remove)
+		if (dev->bus->remove)
+			dev->bus->remove(dev);
+		else if (drv->remove)
 			drv->remove(dev);
 		dev->driver = NULL;
 		put_driver(drv);
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 161f3a390d90651973a8a738446b3b7330950a09..b400314e1c62d46d9d2dc047cb76a08292b7f9ff 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ static void klist_devices_put(struct klist_node *n)
  */
 int driver_register(struct device_driver * drv)
 {
+	if ((drv->bus->probe && drv->probe) ||
+	    (drv->bus->remove && drv->remove) ||
+	    (drv->bus->shutdown && drv->shutdown)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Driver '%s' needs updating - please use bus_type methods\n", drv->name);
+	}
 	klist_init(&drv->klist_devices, klist_devices_get, klist_devices_put);
 	init_completion(&drv->unloaded);
 	return bus_add_driver(drv);
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c b/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
index f50a08be424b1c524122b19ba769342f38caf02b..a47bb74da72b930cfe9a69ad11105c6b978c3b6d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ void device_shutdown(void)
 	down_write(&devices_subsys.rwsem);
 	list_for_each_entry_reverse(dev, &devices_subsys.kset.list,
 				kobj.entry) {
-		if (dev->driver && dev->driver->shutdown) {
+		if (dev->bus && dev->bus->shutdown) {
+			dev_dbg(dev, "shutdown\n");
+			dev->bus->shutdown(dev);
+		} else if (dev->driver && dev->driver->shutdown) {
 			dev_dbg(dev, "shutdown\n");
 			dev->driver->shutdown(dev);
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 0cdee78e5ce16f790142ae146f30d30927fe133a..58df18d9cd3ebe4f218d1d13d119293879a77088 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ struct bus_type {
 	int		(*match)(struct device * dev, struct device_driver * drv);
 	int		(*uevent)(struct device *dev, char **envp,
 				  int num_envp, char *buffer, int buffer_size);
+	int		(*probe)(struct device * dev);
+	int		(*remove)(struct device * dev);
+	void		(*shutdown)(struct device * dev);
 	int		(*suspend)(struct device * dev, pm_message_t state);
 	int		(*resume)(struct device * dev);
 };