diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f944a87c2b1a..ca7a3847b093 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0b50f81d5a63428f131ff20596f4e3d473e5b94f
+refs/heads/master: 4c898c7f2f286b204fefc5dddb568f755d195d0c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/dd.c b/trunk/drivers/base/dd.c
index d5bbce38282f..3565e9795301 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
  */
 void device_bind_driver(struct device * dev)
 {
+	if (klist_node_attached(&dev->knode_driver))
+		return;
+
 	pr_debug("bound device '%s' to driver '%s'\n",
 		 dev->bus_id, dev->driver->name);
 	klist_add_tail(&dev->knode_driver, &dev->driver->klist_devices);