1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 83f32b891fa9..8547b780bb5a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static ssize_t driver_bind(struct device_driver *drv,
         int err = -ENODEV;
 
         dev = bus_find_device_by_name(bus, NULL, buf);
-        if (dev && dev->driver == NULL) {
+        if (dev && dev->driver == NULL && driver_match_device(drv, dev)) {
                 if (dev->parent)        /* Needed for USB */
                         down(&dev->parent->sem);
                 down(&dev->sem);