diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 5735b38..bbbc2ac 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 extern int attribute_container_init(void);
 
 extern int bus_add_device(struct device * dev);
+extern void bus_attach_device(struct device * dev);
 extern void bus_remove_device(struct device * dev);
 
 extern int bus_add_driver(struct device_driver *);
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 76656ac..b27a606 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -362,8 +362,7 @@
  *	@dev:	device being added
  *
  *	- Add the device to its bus's list of devices.
- *	- Try to attach to driver.
- *	- Create link to device's physical location.
+ *	- Create link to device's bus.
  */
 int bus_add_device(struct device * dev)
 {
@@ -372,8 +371,6 @@
 
 	if (bus) {
 		pr_debug("bus %s: add device %s\n", bus->name, dev->bus_id);
-		device_attach(dev);
-		klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_bus, &bus->klist_devices);
 		error = device_add_attrs(bus, dev);
 		if (!error) {
 			sysfs_create_link(&bus->devices.kobj, &dev->kobj, dev->bus_id);
@@ -384,6 +381,22 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ *	bus_attach_device - add device to bus
+ *	@dev:	device tried to attach to a driver
+ *
+ *	- Try to attach to driver.
+ */
+void bus_attach_device(struct device * dev)
+{
+	struct bus_type * bus = dev->bus;
+
+	if (bus) {
+		device_attach(dev);
+		klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_bus, &bus->klist_devices);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
  *	bus_remove_device - remove device from bus
  *	@dev:	device to be removed
  *
@@ -733,6 +746,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_for_each_drv);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_add_device);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_attach_device);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_remove_device);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_register);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bus_unregister);
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 6b355bd..d5e15a0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -274,11 +274,12 @@
 	dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
 	device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
 
-	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	if ((error = device_pm_add(dev)))
 		goto PMError;
 	if ((error = bus_add_device(dev)))
 		goto BusError;
+	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	bus_attach_device(dev);
 	if (parent)
 		klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_parent, &parent->klist_children);