diff --git a/drivers/bcma/host_pci.c b/drivers/bcma/host_pci.c
index f032ed6dd459564ece3a6cf119070c72ca2991cc..1e5ac0a796968b61e3de79a4ae2a82f9c2339916 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/host_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/host_pci.c
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ static int bcma_host_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *dev,
 	bus->boardinfo.vendor = bus->host_pci->subsystem_vendor;
 	bus->boardinfo.type = bus->host_pci->subsystem_device;
 
+	/* Initialize struct, detect chip */
+	bcma_init_bus(bus);
+
 	/* Register */
 	err = bcma_bus_register(bus);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/bcma/host_soc.c b/drivers/bcma/host_soc.c
index 1edd7e06462135f4ecc2192b67f12852e2a5a77d..379e0d4ebe720f9534c2dd495fc84c1ced942ed6 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/host_soc.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/host_soc.c
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ int __init bcma_host_soc_register(struct bcma_soc *soc)
 	bus->hosttype = BCMA_HOSTTYPE_SOC;
 	bus->ops = &bcma_host_soc_ops;
 
+	/* Initialize struct, detect chip */
+	bcma_init_bus(bus);
+
 	/* Register */
 	err = bcma_bus_early_register(bus, &soc->core_cc, &soc->core_mips);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/drivers/bcma/main.c b/drivers/bcma/main.c
index 0ff8d58831ef30fcbe7a5452baa8b00e3fdababa..9f6b0cb9a12c8c0aeabac92156a7c93e96837867 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/main.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/main.c
@@ -334,8 +334,6 @@ int __init bcma_bus_early_register(struct bcma_bus *bus,
 	struct bcma_device *core;
 	struct bcma_device_id match;
 
-	bcma_init_bus(bus);
-
 	match.manuf = BCMA_MANUF_BCM;
 	match.id = bcma_cc_core_id(bus);
 	match.class = BCMA_CL_SIM;
diff --git a/drivers/bcma/scan.c b/drivers/bcma/scan.c
index e9bd77249a4c91f329c163c647b20299d1f4a530..e2b99030304270d328f499c23dceebe7875c7f60 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/scan.c
@@ -438,9 +438,6 @@ void bcma_init_bus(struct bcma_bus *bus)
 	s32 tmp;
 	struct bcma_chipinfo *chipinfo = &(bus->chipinfo);
 
-	if (bus->init_done)
-		return;
-
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bus->cores);
 	bus->nr_cores = 0;
 
@@ -452,8 +449,6 @@ void bcma_init_bus(struct bcma_bus *bus)
 	chipinfo->pkg = (tmp & BCMA_CC_ID_PKG) >> BCMA_CC_ID_PKG_SHIFT;
 	bcma_info(bus, "Found chip with id 0x%04X, rev 0x%02X and package 0x%02X\n",
 		  chipinfo->id, chipinfo->rev, chipinfo->pkg);
-
-	bus->init_done = true;
 }
 
 int bcma_bus_scan(struct bcma_bus *bus)
@@ -463,8 +458,6 @@ int bcma_bus_scan(struct bcma_bus *bus)
 
 	int err, core_num = 0;
 
-	bcma_init_bus(bus);
-
 	erombase = bcma_scan_read32(bus, 0, BCMA_CC_EROM);
 	if (bus->hosttype == BCMA_HOSTTYPE_SOC) {
 		eromptr = ioremap_nocache(erombase, BCMA_CORE_SIZE);
diff --git a/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h b/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h
index 0272e49135d0cf0521a62c619185eadf2b418666..c1ba87d1548ecd91694f9966c9b13d920d456525 100644
--- a/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h
+++ b/include/linux/bcma/bcma.h
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ struct bcma_bus {
 	struct bcma_device *mapped_core;
 	struct list_head cores;
 	u8 nr_cores;
-	u8 init_done:1;
 	u8 num;
 
 	struct bcma_drv_cc drv_cc;