1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 40eb005b9d7..a0b6f797d97 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2305,8 +2305,7 @@ int ipmi_register_smi(struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers,
                       void                     *send_info,
                       struct ipmi_device_id    *device_id,
                       struct device            *si_dev,
-                      unsigned char            slave_addr,
-                      ipmi_smi_t               *new_intf)
+                      unsigned char            slave_addr)
 {
         int              i, j;
         int              rv;
@@ -2388,9 +2387,9 @@ int ipmi_register_smi(struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers,
         if (rv)
                 goto out;
 
-        /* FIXME - this is an ugly kludge, this sets the intf for the
-           caller before sending any messages with it. */
-        *new_intf = intf;
+        rv = handlers->start_processing(send_info, intf);
+        if (rv)
+                goto out;
 
         get_guid(intf);