1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index c0a979a5074b..97ab5bd1c4d6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ enum {
         FW_STATUS_LOADING,
         FW_STATUS_DONE,
         FW_STATUS_ABORT,
-        FW_STATUS_READY,
-        FW_STATUS_READY_NOHOTPLUG,
 };
 
 static int loading_timeout = 60;        /* In seconds */
@@ -96,9 +94,6 @@ static int firmware_uevent(struct device *dev, char **envp, int num_envp,
         struct firmware_priv *fw_priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
         int i = 0, len = 0;
 
-        if (!test_bit(FW_STATUS_READY, &fw_priv->status))
-                return -ENODEV;
-
         if (add_uevent_var(envp, num_envp, &i, buffer, buffer_size, &len,
                            "FIRMWARE=%s", fw_priv->fw_id))
                 return -ENOMEM;
@@ -333,6 +328,7 @@ static int fw_register_device(struct device **dev_p, const char *fw_name,
         f_dev->parent = device;
         f_dev->class = &firmware_class;
         dev_set_drvdata(f_dev, fw_priv);
+        f_dev->uevent_suppress = 1;
         retval = device_register(f_dev);
         if (retval) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: device_register failed\n",
@@ -382,9 +378,7 @@ static int fw_setup_device(struct firmware *fw, struct device **dev_p,
         }
 
         if (uevent)
-                set_bit(FW_STATUS_READY, &fw_priv->status);
-        else
-                set_bit(FW_STATUS_READY_NOHOTPLUG, &fw_priv->status);
+                f_dev->uevent_suppress = 0;
         *dev_p = f_dev;
         goto out;