int ret = 0;
 
        if (bus) {
-               dev->is_registered = 1;
                if (bus->p->drivers_autoprobe)
                        ret = device_attach(dev);
                WARN_ON(ret < 0);
                if (ret >= 0)
                        klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_bus, &bus->p->klist_devices);
-               else
-                       dev->is_registered = 0;
        }
 }
 
                sysfs_remove_link(&dev->bus->p->devices_kset->kobj,
                                  dev->bus_id);
                device_remove_attrs(dev->bus, dev);
-               if (dev->is_registered) {
-                       dev->is_registered = 0;
-                       klist_del(&dev->knode_bus);
-               }
+               klist_del(&dev->knode_bus);
+
                pr_debug("bus: '%s': remove device %s\n",
                         dev->bus->name, dev->bus_id);
                device_release_driver(dev);
 
        struct kobject kobj;
        char    bus_id[BUS_ID_SIZE];    /* position on parent bus */
        struct device_type      *type;
-       unsigned                is_registered:1;
        unsigned                uevent_suppress:1;
 
        struct semaphore        sem;    /* semaphore to synchronize calls to
 
 static inline int device_is_registered(struct device *dev)
 {
-       return dev->is_registered;
+       return dev->kobj.state_in_sysfs;
 }
 
 void driver_init(void);