diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index 7de5b603f272..151f3e76d47a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ void acpi_init_device_object(struct acpi_device *device, acpi_handle handle,
 			     int type, unsigned long long sta);
 void acpi_device_add_finalize(struct acpi_device *device);
 void acpi_free_pnp_ids(struct acpi_device_pnp *pnp);
-int acpi_bind_one(struct device *dev, struct acpi_device *adev);
-int acpi_unbind_one(struct device *dev);
 bool acpi_device_is_present(struct acpi_device *adev);
 bool acpi_device_is_battery(struct acpi_device *adev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
index b81448b2c75d..3bebedaee8e1 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpacpi/core.c
@@ -295,9 +295,11 @@ static int __init pnpacpi_add_device(struct acpi_device *device)
 		return error;
 	}
 
+	error = acpi_bind_one(&dev->dev, device);
+
 	num++;
 
-	return 0;
+	return error;
 }
 
 static acpi_status __init pnpacpi_add_device_handler(acpi_handle handle,
@@ -313,41 +315,6 @@ static acpi_status __init pnpacpi_add_device_handler(acpi_handle handle,
 	return AE_OK;
 }
 
-static int __init acpi_pnp_match(struct device *dev, void *_pnp)
-{
-	struct acpi_device *acpi = to_acpi_device(dev);
-	struct pnp_dev *pnp = _pnp;
-
-	/* true means it matched */
-	return !acpi->physical_node_count
-	    && compare_pnp_id(pnp->id, acpi_device_hid(acpi));
-}
-
-static struct acpi_device * __init acpi_pnp_find_companion(struct device *dev)
-{
-	dev = bus_find_device(&acpi_bus_type, NULL, to_pnp_dev(dev),
-			      acpi_pnp_match);
-	if (!dev)
-		return NULL;
-
-	put_device(dev);
-	return to_acpi_device(dev);
-}
-
-/* complete initialization of a PNPACPI device includes having
- * pnpdev->dev.archdata.acpi_handle point to its ACPI sibling.
- */
-static bool acpi_pnp_bus_match(struct device *dev)
-{
-	return dev->bus == &pnp_bus_type;
-}
-
-static struct acpi_bus_type __initdata acpi_pnp_bus = {
-	.name	     = "PNP",
-	.match	     = acpi_pnp_bus_match,
-	.find_companion = acpi_pnp_find_companion,
-};
-
 int pnpacpi_disabled __initdata;
 static int __init pnpacpi_init(void)
 {
@@ -357,10 +324,8 @@ static int __init pnpacpi_init(void)
 	}
 	printk(KERN_INFO "pnp: PnP ACPI init\n");
 	pnp_register_protocol(&pnpacpi_protocol);
-	register_acpi_bus_type(&acpi_pnp_bus);
 	acpi_get_devices(NULL, pnpacpi_add_device_handler, NULL, NULL);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "pnp: PnP ACPI: found %d devices\n", num);
-	unregister_acpi_bus_type(&acpi_pnp_bus);
 	pnp_platform_devices = 1;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index b5714580801a..4bcbb941bc09 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ struct acpi_bus_type {
 };
 int register_acpi_bus_type(struct acpi_bus_type *);
 int unregister_acpi_bus_type(struct acpi_bus_type *);
+int acpi_bind_one(struct device *dev, struct acpi_device *adev);
+int acpi_unbind_one(struct device *dev);
 
 struct acpi_pci_root {
 	struct acpi_device * device;