diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.h b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.h
index a1afb5b39ad4..b3ead7ad7b31 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp.h
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ extern void acpiphp_unregister_hotplug_slot(struct acpiphp_slot *slot);
 /* acpiphp_glue.c */
 extern int acpiphp_glue_init (void);
 extern void acpiphp_glue_exit (void);
-extern int acpiphp_get_num_slots (void);
 typedef int (*acpiphp_callback)(struct acpiphp_slot *slot, void *data);
 
 extern int acpiphp_enable_slot (struct acpiphp_slot *slot);
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_core.c
index 96316b74969f..c2fd3095701f 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_core.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 bool acpiphp_debug;
 
 /* local variables */
-static int num_slots;
 static struct acpiphp_attention_info *attention_info;
 
 #define DRIVER_VERSION	"0.5"
@@ -272,25 +271,6 @@ static int get_adapter_status(struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot, u8 *value)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init init_acpi(void)
-{
-	int retval;
-
-	/* initialize internal data structure etc. */
-	retval = acpiphp_glue_init();
-
-	/* read initial number of slots */
-	if (!retval) {
-		num_slots = acpiphp_get_num_slots();
-		if (num_slots == 0) {
-			acpiphp_glue_exit();
-			retval = -ENODEV;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return retval;
-}
-
 /**
  * release_slot - free up the memory used by a slot
  * @hotplug_slot: slot to free
@@ -379,7 +359,8 @@ static int __init acpiphp_init(void)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* read all the ACPI info from the system */
-	return init_acpi();
+	/* initialize internal data structure etc. */
+	return acpiphp_glue_init();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
index c4a6301009f2..bd784ff4a244 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c
@@ -1416,28 +1416,6 @@ void  acpiphp_glue_exit(void)
 	acpi_pci_unregister_driver(&acpi_pci_hp_driver);
 }
 
-
-/**
- * acpiphp_get_num_slots - count number of slots in a system
- */
-int __init acpiphp_get_num_slots(void)
-{
-	struct acpiphp_bridge *bridge;
-	int num_slots = 0;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(bridge, &bridge_list, list) {
-		dbg("Bus %04x:%02x has %d slot%s\n",
-				pci_domain_nr(bridge->pci_bus),
-				bridge->pci_bus->number, bridge->nr_slots,
-				bridge->nr_slots == 1 ? "" : "s");
-		num_slots += bridge->nr_slots;
-	}
-
-	dbg("Total %d slots\n", num_slots);
-	return num_slots;
-}
-
-
 /**
  * acpiphp_enable_slot - power on slot
  * @slot: ACPI PHP slot