diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c
index a3397664f800..97d6856c9c0f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_bt_sm.c
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ enum bt_states {
 	BT_STATE_RESET3,
 	BT_STATE_RESTART,
 	BT_STATE_PRINTME,
-	BT_STATE_CAPABILITIES_BEGIN,
-	BT_STATE_CAPABILITIES_END,
 	BT_STATE_LONG_BUSY	/* BT doesn't get hosed :-) */
 };
 
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ struct si_sm_data {
 	int		error_retries;	/* end of "common" fields */
 	int		nonzero_status;	/* hung BMCs stay all 0 */
 	enum bt_states	complete;	/* to divert the state machine */
-	int		BT_CAP_outreqs;
 	long		BT_CAP_req2rsp;
 	int		BT_CAP_retries;	/* Recommended retries */
 };
@@ -137,8 +134,6 @@ static char *state2txt(unsigned char state)
 	case BT_STATE_RESET3:		return("RESET3");
 	case BT_STATE_RESTART:		return("RESTART");
 	case BT_STATE_LONG_BUSY:	return("LONG_BUSY");
-	case BT_STATE_CAPABILITIES_BEGIN: return("CAP_BEGIN");
-	case BT_STATE_CAPABILITIES_END:	return("CAP_END");
 	}
 	return("BAD STATE");
 }
@@ -185,7 +180,6 @@ static unsigned int bt_init_data(struct si_sm_data *bt, struct si_sm_io *io)
 	bt->complete = BT_STATE_IDLE;	/* end here */
 	bt->BT_CAP_req2rsp = BT_NORMAL_TIMEOUT * USEC_PER_SEC;
 	bt->BT_CAP_retries = BT_NORMAL_RETRY_LIMIT;
-	/* BT_CAP_outreqs == zero is a flag to read BT Capabilities */
 	return 3; /* We claim 3 bytes of space; ought to check SPMI table */
 }
 
@@ -451,7 +445,7 @@ static enum si_sm_result error_recovery(struct si_sm_data *bt,
 
 static enum si_sm_result bt_event(struct si_sm_data *bt, long time)
 {
-	unsigned char status, BT_CAP[8];
+	unsigned char status;
 	static enum bt_states last_printed = BT_STATE_PRINTME;
 	int i;
 
@@ -504,12 +498,6 @@ static enum si_sm_result bt_event(struct si_sm_data *bt, long time)
 		if (status & BT_H_BUSY)		/* clear a leftover H_BUSY */
 			BT_CONTROL(BT_H_BUSY);
 
-		bt->timeout = bt->BT_CAP_req2rsp;
-
-		/* Read BT capabilities if it hasn't been done yet */
-		if (!bt->BT_CAP_outreqs)
-			BT_STATE_CHANGE(BT_STATE_CAPABILITIES_BEGIN,
-					SI_SM_CALL_WITHOUT_DELAY);
 		BT_SI_SM_RETURN(SI_SM_IDLE);
 
 	case BT_STATE_XACTION_START:
@@ -614,37 +602,6 @@ static enum si_sm_result bt_event(struct si_sm_data *bt, long time)
 		BT_STATE_CHANGE(BT_STATE_XACTION_START,
 				SI_SM_CALL_WITH_DELAY);
 
-	/*
-	 * Get BT Capabilities, using timing of upper level state machine.
-	 * Set outreqs to prevent infinite loop on timeout.
-	 */
-	case BT_STATE_CAPABILITIES_BEGIN:
-		bt->BT_CAP_outreqs = 1;
-		{
-			unsigned char GetBT_CAP[] = { 0x18, 0x36 };
-			bt->state = BT_STATE_IDLE;
-			bt_start_transaction(bt, GetBT_CAP, sizeof(GetBT_CAP));
-		}
-		bt->complete = BT_STATE_CAPABILITIES_END;
-		BT_STATE_CHANGE(BT_STATE_XACTION_START,
-				SI_SM_CALL_WITH_DELAY);
-
-	case BT_STATE_CAPABILITIES_END:
-		i = bt_get_result(bt, BT_CAP, sizeof(BT_CAP));
-		bt_init_data(bt, bt->io);
-		if ((i == 8) && !BT_CAP[2]) {
-			bt->BT_CAP_outreqs = BT_CAP[3];
-			bt->BT_CAP_req2rsp = BT_CAP[6] * USEC_PER_SEC;
-			bt->BT_CAP_retries = BT_CAP[7];
-		} else
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "IPMI BT: using default values\n");
-		if (!bt->BT_CAP_outreqs)
-			bt->BT_CAP_outreqs = 1;
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "IPMI BT: req2rsp=%ld secs retries=%d\n",
-			bt->BT_CAP_req2rsp / USEC_PER_SEC, bt->BT_CAP_retries);
-		bt->timeout = bt->BT_CAP_req2rsp;
-		return SI_SM_CALL_WITHOUT_DELAY;
-
 	default:	/* should never occur */
 		return error_recovery(bt,
 				      status,
@@ -655,6 +612,11 @@ static enum si_sm_result bt_event(struct si_sm_data *bt, long time)
 
 static int bt_detect(struct si_sm_data *bt)
 {
+	unsigned char GetBT_CAP[] = { 0x18, 0x36 };
+	unsigned char BT_CAP[8];
+	enum si_sm_result smi_result;
+	int rv;
+
 	/*
 	 * It's impossible for the BT status and interrupt registers to be
 	 * all 1's, (assuming a properly functioning, self-initialized BMC)
@@ -665,6 +627,48 @@ static int bt_detect(struct si_sm_data *bt)
 	if ((BT_STATUS == 0xFF) && (BT_INTMASK_R == 0xFF))
 		return 1;
 	reset_flags(bt);
+
+	/*
+	 * Try getting the BT capabilities here.
+	 */
+	rv = bt_start_transaction(bt, GetBT_CAP, sizeof(GetBT_CAP));
+	if (rv) {
+		dev_warn(bt->io->dev,
+			 "Can't start capabilities transaction: %d\n", rv);
+		goto out_no_bt_cap;
+	}
+
+	smi_result = SI_SM_CALL_WITHOUT_DELAY;
+	for (;;) {
+		if (smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITH_DELAY ||
+		    smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITH_TICK_DELAY) {
+			schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+			smi_result = bt_event(bt, jiffies_to_usecs(1));
+		} else if (smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITHOUT_DELAY) {
+			smi_result = bt_event(bt, 0);
+		} else
+			break;
+	}
+
+	rv = bt_get_result(bt, BT_CAP, sizeof(BT_CAP));
+	bt_init_data(bt, bt->io);
+	if (rv < 8) {
+		dev_warn(bt->io->dev, "bt cap response too short: %d\n", rv);
+		goto out_no_bt_cap;
+	}
+
+	if (BT_CAP[2]) {
+		dev_warn(bt->io->dev, "Error fetching bt cap: %x\n", BT_CAP[2]);
+out_no_bt_cap:
+		dev_warn(bt->io->dev, "using default values\n");
+	} else {
+		bt->BT_CAP_req2rsp = BT_CAP[6] * USEC_PER_SEC;
+		bt->BT_CAP_retries = BT_CAP[7];
+	}
+
+	dev_info(bt->io->dev, "req2rsp=%ld secs retries=%d\n",
+		 bt->BT_CAP_req2rsp / USEC_PER_SEC, bt->BT_CAP_retries);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 51832b8a2c62..7fc9612070a1 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -3381,39 +3381,45 @@ int ipmi_register_smi(const struct ipmi_smi_handlers *handlers,
 
 	rv = handlers->start_processing(send_info, intf);
 	if (rv)
-		goto out;
+		goto out_err;
 
 	rv = __bmc_get_device_id(intf, NULL, &id, NULL, NULL, i);
 	if (rv) {
 		dev_err(si_dev, "Unable to get the device id: %d\n", rv);
-		goto out;
+		goto out_err_started;
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&intf->bmc_reg_mutex);
 	rv = __scan_channels(intf, &id);
 	mutex_unlock(&intf->bmc_reg_mutex);
+	if (rv)
+		goto out_err_bmc_reg;
 
- out:
-	if (rv) {
-		ipmi_bmc_unregister(intf);
-		list_del_rcu(&intf->link);
-		mutex_unlock(&ipmi_interfaces_mutex);
-		synchronize_srcu(&ipmi_interfaces_srcu);
-		cleanup_srcu_struct(&intf->users_srcu);
-		kref_put(&intf->refcount, intf_free);
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * Keep memory order straight for RCU readers.  Make
-		 * sure everything else is committed to memory before
-		 * setting intf_num to mark the interface valid.
-		 */
-		smp_wmb();
-		intf->intf_num = i;
-		mutex_unlock(&ipmi_interfaces_mutex);
+	/*
+	 * Keep memory order straight for RCU readers.  Make
+	 * sure everything else is committed to memory before
+	 * setting intf_num to mark the interface valid.
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+	intf->intf_num = i;
+	mutex_unlock(&ipmi_interfaces_mutex);
 
-		/* After this point the interface is legal to use. */
-		call_smi_watchers(i, intf->si_dev);
-	}
+	/* After this point the interface is legal to use. */
+	call_smi_watchers(i, intf->si_dev);
+
+	return 0;
+
+ out_err_bmc_reg:
+	ipmi_bmc_unregister(intf);
+ out_err_started:
+	if (intf->handlers->shutdown)
+		intf->handlers->shutdown(intf->send_info);
+ out_err:
+	list_del_rcu(&intf->link);
+	mutex_unlock(&ipmi_interfaces_mutex);
+	synchronize_srcu(&ipmi_interfaces_srcu);
+	cleanup_srcu_struct(&intf->users_srcu);
+	kref_put(&intf->refcount, intf_free);
 
 	return rv;
 }
@@ -3504,7 +3510,8 @@ void ipmi_unregister_smi(struct ipmi_smi *intf)
 	}
 	srcu_read_unlock(&intf->users_srcu, index);
 
-	intf->handlers->shutdown(intf->send_info);
+	if (intf->handlers->shutdown)
+		intf->handlers->shutdown(intf->send_info);
 
 	cleanup_smi_msgs(intf);
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 90ec010bffbd..5faa917df1b6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2083,18 +2083,9 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info *new_smi)
 		 si_to_str[new_smi->io.si_type]);
 
 	WARN_ON(new_smi->io.dev->init_name != NULL);
+
+ out_err:
 	kfree(init_name);
-
-	return 0;
-
-out_err:
-	if (new_smi->intf) {
-		ipmi_unregister_smi(new_smi->intf);
-		new_smi->intf = NULL;
-	}
-
-	kfree(init_name);
-
 	return rv;
 }
 
@@ -2227,6 +2218,8 @@ static void shutdown_smi(void *send_info)
 
 	kfree(smi_info->si_sm);
 	smi_info->si_sm = NULL;
+
+	smi_info->intf = NULL;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2240,10 +2233,8 @@ static void cleanup_one_si(struct smi_info *smi_info)
 
 	list_del(&smi_info->link);
 
-	if (smi_info->intf) {
+	if (smi_info->intf)
 		ipmi_unregister_smi(smi_info->intf);
-		smi_info->intf = NULL;
-	}
 
 	if (smi_info->pdev) {
 		if (smi_info->pdev_registered)
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index 18e4650c233b..29e67a80fb20 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ struct ssif_addr_info {
 	struct device *dev;
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 
+	struct i2c_client *added_client;
+
 	struct mutex clients_mutex;
 	struct list_head clients;
 
@@ -1214,18 +1216,11 @@ static void shutdown_ssif(void *send_info)
 		complete(&ssif_info->wake_thread);
 		kthread_stop(ssif_info->thread);
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * No message can be outstanding now, we have removed the
-	 * upper layer and it permitted us to do so.
-	 */
-	kfree(ssif_info);
 }
 
 static int ssif_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	struct ssif_info *ssif_info = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
-	struct ipmi_smi *intf;
 	struct ssif_addr_info *addr_info;
 
 	if (!ssif_info)
@@ -1235,9 +1230,7 @@ static int ssif_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	 * After this point, we won't deliver anything asychronously
 	 * to the message handler.  We can unregister ourself.
 	 */
-	intf = ssif_info->intf;
-	ssif_info->intf = NULL;
-	ipmi_unregister_smi(intf);
+	ipmi_unregister_smi(ssif_info->intf);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(addr_info, &ssif_infos, link) {
 		if (addr_info->client == client) {
@@ -1246,6 +1239,8 @@ static int ssif_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 		}
 	}
 
+	kfree(ssif_info);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1648,15 +1643,9 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 
  out:
 	if (rv) {
-		/*
-		 * Note that if addr_info->client is assigned, we
-		 * leave it.  The i2c client hangs around even if we
-		 * return a failure here, and the failure here is not
-		 * propagated back to the i2c code.  This seems to be
-		 * design intent, strange as it may be.  But if we
-		 * don't leave it, ssif_platform_remove will not remove
-		 * the client like it should.
-		 */
+		if (addr_info)
+			addr_info->client = NULL;
+
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "Unable to start IPMI SSIF: %d\n", rv);
 		kfree(ssif_info);
 	}
@@ -1676,7 +1665,8 @@ static int ssif_adapter_handler(struct device *adev, void *opaque)
 	if (adev->type != &i2c_adapter_type)
 		return 0;
 
-	i2c_new_device(to_i2c_adapter(adev), &addr_info->binfo);
+	addr_info->added_client = i2c_new_device(to_i2c_adapter(adev),
+						 &addr_info->binfo);
 
 	if (!addr_info->adapter_name)
 		return 1; /* Only try the first I2C adapter by default. */
@@ -1849,7 +1839,7 @@ static int ssif_platform_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 		return 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&ssif_infos_mutex);
-	i2c_unregister_device(addr_info->client);
+	i2c_unregister_device(addr_info->added_client);
 
 	list_del(&addr_info->link);
 	kfree(addr_info);
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
index bb882ab161fe..e6124bd548df 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "kcs_bmc.h"
 
+#define DEVICE_NAME "ipmi-kcs"
+
 #define KCS_MSG_BUFSIZ    1000
 
 #define KCS_ZERO_DATA     0
@@ -429,8 +431,6 @@ struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc_alloc(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv, u32 channel)
 	if (!kcs_bmc)
 		return NULL;
 
-	dev_set_name(dev, "ipmi-kcs%u", channel);
-
 	spin_lock_init(&kcs_bmc->lock);
 	kcs_bmc->channel = channel;
 
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc_alloc(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv, u32 channel)
 		return NULL;
 
 	kcs_bmc->miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
-	kcs_bmc->miscdev.name = dev_name(dev);
+	kcs_bmc->miscdev.name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s%u",
+					       DEVICE_NAME, channel);
 	kcs_bmc->miscdev.fops = &kcs_bmc_fops;
 
 	return kcs_bmc;