diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index dc030f1f00f19706a4c5e5d0a077a085b0885187..c6599618523e7fc265daf265880c9c1e7c0fe056 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -700,8 +700,10 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
 	}
 
 	kobject_uevent(&priv->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-	return error;
+	return 0;
 out_unregister:
+	kfree(drv->p);
+	drv->p = NULL;
 	kobject_put(&priv->kobj);
 out_put_bus:
 	bus_put(bus);
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 4aa527b8a91381289eb175b33f46e3e418d10374..1977d4beb89e0012290a567c850f6a59dd3da1b0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 	}
 
 	if (!dev_name(dev))
-		goto done;
+		goto name_error;
 
 	pr_debug("device: '%s': %s\n", dev_name(dev), __func__);
 
@@ -978,6 +978,9 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 	cleanup_device_parent(dev);
 	if (parent)
 		put_device(parent);
+name_error:
+	kfree(dev->p);
+	dev->p = NULL;
 	goto done;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index c51f11bb29ae2bdd0a13077147e6db357da8be27..8ae0f63602e0730a71647cb571cbf933d76ceec8 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_register);
  */
 void driver_unregister(struct device_driver *drv)
 {
+	if (!drv || !drv->p) {
+		WARN(1, "Unexpected driver unregister!\n");
+		return;
+	}
 	driver_remove_groups(drv, drv->groups);
 	bus_remove_driver(drv);
 }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index b1606e07b7a3445ca7e58f79bcd6fa7c3939d496..561a9c050cef687ebc48649af895f163572c2476 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ int sysfs_schedule_callback(struct kobject *kobj, void (*func)(void *),
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_workq_mutex);
 
 	if (sysfs_workqueue == NULL) {
-		sysfs_workqueue = create_workqueue("sysfsd");
+		sysfs_workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("sysfsd");
 		if (sysfs_workqueue == NULL) {
 			module_put(owner);
 			return -ENOMEM;