diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
index 317457dd401451b2797f8c8135165d983f09d5f1..d0a07d9ab30c8e314dad00a2eab0becbf118d788 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
@@ -487,9 +487,7 @@ static void __exit ibm_acpiphp_exit(void)
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
 		err("%s: Notification handler removal failed\n", __FUNCTION__);
 	/* remove the /sys entries */
-	if (sysfs_remove_bin_file(sysdir, &ibm_apci_table_attr))
-		err("%s: removal of sysfs file apci_table failed\n",
-				__FUNCTION__);
+	sysfs_remove_bin_file(sysdir, &ibm_apci_table_attr);
 }
 
 module_init(ibm_acpiphp_init);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/bin.c b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
index c16a93c353c0cba3c7503b8041341be39ff69c21..98022e41cda121aa6f511538691531351e4499e1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/bin.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/bin.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kobject.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ const struct file_operations bin_fops = {
  *	sysfs_create_bin_file - create binary file for object.
  *	@kobj:	object.
  *	@attr:	attribute descriptor.
- *
  */
 
 int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr)
@@ -191,13 +191,16 @@ int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr)
  *	sysfs_remove_bin_file - remove binary file for object.
  *	@kobj:	object.
  *	@attr:	attribute descriptor.
- *
  */
 
-int sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr)
+void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr)
 {
-	sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->dentry,attr->attr.name);
-	return 0;
+	if (sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->dentry, attr->attr.name) < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: "
+			"bad dentry or inode or no such file: \"%s\"\n",
+			__FUNCTION__, attr->attr.name);
+		dump_stack();
+	}
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_create_bin_file);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 9889e54e1f13632e967423458cb83b4d5d590047..fd7cd5f843d2764b08bf42a8f60644a9f8b56d3a 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include "sysfs.h"
 
 extern struct super_block * sysfs_sb;
@@ -234,17 +235,18 @@ void sysfs_drop_dentry(struct sysfs_dirent * sd, struct dentry * parent)
 	}
 }
 
-void sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
+int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
 {
 	struct sysfs_dirent * sd;
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd;
+	int found = 0;
 
 	if (!dir)
-		return;
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	if (dir->d_inode == NULL)
 		/* no inode means this hasn't been made visible yet */
-		return;
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	parent_sd = dir->d_fsdata;
 	mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
@@ -255,8 +257,11 @@ void sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name)
 			list_del_init(&sd->s_sibling);
 			sysfs_drop_dentry(sd, dir);
 			sysfs_put(sd);
+			found = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+
+	return found ? 0 : -ENOENT;
 }
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
index 3651ffb5ec091972f92f418dce997883feae6f40..6f3d6bd52887bcd541aa917ede96338d47300bfe 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
+++ b/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extern int sysfs_make_dirent(struct sysfs_dirent *, struct dentry *, void *,
 				umode_t, int);
 
 extern int sysfs_add_file(struct dentry *, const struct attribute *, int);
-extern void sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name);
+extern int sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry * dir, const char * name);
 extern struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_find(struct sysfs_dirent *dir, const char * name);
 
 extern int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *, const char *, struct dentry **);
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 1ea5d3cda6ae2374056769173d6bd56fa9fd4128..95f6db54d8d24d3a305e89827707c6751bd9b197 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ extern void
 sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject *, const char * name);
 
 int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr);
-int sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr);
+void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj, struct bin_attribute *attr);
 
 int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *, const struct attribute_group *);
 void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *, const struct attribute_group *);