diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufile.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufile.c
index 3e6e42d2f01b..bbefe77c67a9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufile.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufile.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static int __init gru_init(void)
 	void *gru_start_vaddr;
 
 	if (!is_uv_system())
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return 0;
 
 #if defined CONFIG_IA64
 	gru_start_paddr = 0xd000000000UL; /* ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ fixme */
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp_main.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp_main.c
index 16f8dcab2da4..7896849b16dc 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp_main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xp_main.c
@@ -248,19 +248,19 @@ xp_init(void)
 	enum xp_retval ret;
 	int ch_number;
 
+	/* initialize the connection registration mutex */
+	for (ch_number = 0; ch_number < XPC_MAX_NCHANNELS; ch_number++)
+		mutex_init(&xpc_registrations[ch_number].mutex);
+
 	if (is_shub())
 		ret = xp_init_sn2();
 	else if (is_uv())
 		ret = xp_init_uv();
 	else
-		ret = xpUnsupported;
+		ret = 0;
 
 	if (ret != xpSuccess)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	/* initialize the connection registration mutex */
-	for (ch_number = 0; ch_number < XPC_MAX_NCHANNELS; ch_number++)
-		mutex_init(&xpc_registrations[ch_number].mutex);
+		return ret;
 
 	return 0;
 }