1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_sysfs.c
index 32acd8048b49..f323791cc495 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_sysfs.c
@@ -711,10 +711,22 @@ static struct attribute_group dev_attr_group = {
  * enters diag mode.  A device reset is quite likely to crash the
  * machine entirely, so we don't want to normally make it
  * available.
+ *
+ * Called with ipath_mutex held.
  */
 int ipath_expose_reset(struct device *dev)
 {
-        return device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_reset);
+        static int exposed;
+        int ret;
+
+        if (!exposed) {
+                ret = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_reset);
+                exposed = 1;
+        }
+        else
+                ret = 0;
+
+        return ret;
 }
 
 int ipath_driver_create_group(struct device_driver *drv)