3 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 973bf2ad4e0d..63c143e54a57 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -689,15 +689,19 @@ int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: driver_add_attrs(%s) failed\n",
                         __func__, drv->name);
         }
-        error = add_bind_files(drv);
-        if (error) {
-                /* Ditto */
-                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n",
-                        __func__, drv->name);
+
+        if (!drv->suppress_bind_attrs) {
+                error = add_bind_files(drv);
+                if (error) {
+                        /* Ditto */
+                        printk(KERN_ERR "%s: add_bind_files(%s) failed\n",
+                                __func__, drv->name);
+                }
         }
 
         kobject_uevent(&priv->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
         return 0;
+
 out_unregister:
         kfree(drv->p);
         drv->p = NULL;
@@ -720,7 +724,8 @@ void bus_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
         if (!drv->bus)
                 return;
 
-        remove_bind_files(drv);
+        if (!drv->suppress_bind_attrs)
+                remove_bind_files(drv);
         driver_remove_attrs(drv->bus, drv);
         driver_remove_file(drv, &driver_attr_uevent);
         klist_remove(&drv->p->knode_bus);
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index ed156a13aa40..4fa954b07ac4 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -521,11 +521,15 @@ int __init_or_module platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,
 {
         int retval, code;
 
+        /* make sure driver won't have bind/unbind attributes */
+        drv->driver.suppress_bind_attrs = true;
+
         /* temporary section violation during probe() */
         drv->probe = probe;
         retval = code = platform_driver_register(drv);
 
-        /* Fixup that section violation, being paranoid about code scanning
+        /*
+         * Fixup that section violation, being paranoid about code scanning
          * the list of drivers in order to probe new devices.  Check to see
          * if the probe was successful, and make sure any forced probes of
          * new devices fail.
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index aca31bf7d8ed..2ea3e4921812 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ struct device_driver {
         struct bus_type         *bus;
 
         struct module           *owner;
-        const char              *mod_name;      /* used for built-in modules */
+        const char              *mod_name;      /* used for built-in modules */
+
+        bool suppress_bind_attrs;       /* disables bind/unbind via sysfs */
 
         int (*probe) (struct device *dev);
         int (*remove) (struct device *dev);