diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 0295855a3eefe58ddf48bc9061123e3177be67f8..4a1b9bfc5471fe91ade02cedfaab22f6cec0d636 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ firmware_class_timeout(u_long data)
 
 static inline void fw_setup_device_id(struct device *f_dev, struct device *dev)
 {
-	snprintf(f_dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "firmware-%s", dev->bus_id);
+	/* XXX warning we should watch out for name collisions */
+	strlcpy(f_dev->bus_id, dev->bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE);
 }
 
 static int fw_register_device(struct device **dev_p, const char *fw_name,
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 739da701ae7b8fec52d10f48392a85509208e286..9a64045ff845976b5610609d2c37c86f5f9d1778 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -319,6 +319,14 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part)
 	put_device(&p->dev);
 }
 
+static ssize_t whole_disk_show(struct device *dev,
+			       struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(whole_disk, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
+		   whole_disk_show, NULL);
+
 void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len, int flags)
 {
 	struct hd_struct *p;
@@ -352,13 +360,8 @@ void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len,
 	device_add(&p->dev);
 	partition_sysfs_add_subdir(p);
 	p->dev.uevent_suppress = 0;
-	if (flags & ADDPART_FLAG_WHOLEDISK) {
-		static struct attribute addpartattr = {
-			.name = "whole_disk",
-			.mode = S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
-		};
-		err = sysfs_create_file(&p->dev.kobj, &addpartattr);
-	}
+	if (flags & ADDPART_FLAG_WHOLEDISK)
+		err = device_create_file(&p->dev, &dev_attr_whole_disk);
 
 	/* suppress uevent if the disk supresses it */
 	if (!disk->dev.uevent_suppress)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c
index 0871c3dadce1c4a16d469b9a03b511f3eadbb937..477904915032e9359893d6128f3515a1d86963c7 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject * kobj,
 
 	if (grp->name) {
 		sd = sysfs_get_dirent(dir_sd, grp->name);
-		BUG_ON(!sd);
+		if (!sd) {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "sysfs group %p not found for "
+				"kobject '%s'\n", grp, kobject_name(kobj));
+			WARN_ON(!sd);
+			return;
+		}
 	} else
 		sd = sysfs_get(dir_sd);