diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/davinci.c b/drivers/usb/musb/davinci.c
index dfb3bcbe00fc..87aef82fbcd0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/davinci.c
@@ -364,6 +364,12 @@ static irqreturn_t davinci_interrupt(int irq, void *__hci)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
+int musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 mode)
+{
+	/* EVM can't do this (right?) */
+	return -EIO;
+}
+
 int __init musb_platform_init(struct musb *musb)
 {
 	void __iomem	*tibase = musb->ctrl_base;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
index 0b742ebe5c8c..de7f8bec6bde 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.c
@@ -1671,17 +1671,20 @@ musb_mode_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 {
 	struct musb	*musb = dev_to_musb(dev);
 	unsigned long	flags;
+	int		status;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&musb->lock, flags);
-	if (!strncmp(buf, "host", 4))
-		musb_platform_set_mode(musb, MUSB_HOST);
-	if (!strncmp(buf, "peripheral", 10))
-		musb_platform_set_mode(musb, MUSB_PERIPHERAL);
-	if (!strncmp(buf, "otg", 3))
-		musb_platform_set_mode(musb, MUSB_OTG);
+	if (sysfs_streq(buf, "host"))
+		status = musb_platform_set_mode(musb, MUSB_HOST);
+	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "peripheral"))
+		status = musb_platform_set_mode(musb, MUSB_PERIPHERAL);
+	else if (sysfs_streq(buf, "otg"))
+		status = musb_platform_set_mode(musb, MUSB_OTG);
+	else
+		status = -EINVAL;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&musb->lock, flags);
 
-	return n;
+	return (status == 0) ? n : status;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(mode, 0644, musb_mode_show, musb_mode_store);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.h b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.h
index 82227251931b..b3d605073071 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_core.h
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ extern void musb_platform_disable(struct musb *musb);
 
 extern void musb_hnp_stop(struct musb *musb);
 
-extern void musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 musb_mode);
+extern int musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 musb_mode);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_USB_TUSB6010) || \
 	defined(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP2430) || defined(CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP34XX)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/omap2430.c b/drivers/usb/musb/omap2430.c
index ce6c162920f7..52988a403b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/omap2430.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/omap2430.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static int omap_set_power(struct otg_transceiver *x, unsigned mA)
 
 static int musb_platform_resume(struct musb *musb);
 
-void musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 musb_mode)
+int musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 musb_mode)
 {
 	u8	devctl = musb_readb(musb->mregs, MUSB_DEVCTL);
 
@@ -204,15 +204,24 @@ void musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 musb_mode)
 	musb_writeb(musb->mregs, MUSB_DEVCTL, devctl);
 
 	switch (musb_mode) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_MUSB_HDRC_HCD
 	case MUSB_HOST:
 		otg_set_host(&musb->xceiv, musb->xceiv.host);
 		break;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_GADGET_MUSB_HDRC
 	case MUSB_PERIPHERAL:
 		otg_set_peripheral(&musb->xceiv, musb->xceiv.gadget);
 		break;
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_MUSB_OTG
 	case MUSB_OTG:
 		break;
+#endif
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int __init musb_platform_init(struct musb *musb)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/tusb6010.c b/drivers/usb/musb/tusb6010.c
index ee8fca92a4ac..9e20fd070d71 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/tusb6010.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/tusb6010.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static void tusb_source_power(struct musb *musb, int is_on)
  * and peripheral modes in non-OTG configurations by reconfiguring hardware
  * and then setting musb->board_mode. For now, only support OTG mode.
  */
-void musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 musb_mode)
+int musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 musb_mode)
 {
 	void __iomem	*tbase = musb->ctrl_base;
 	u32		otg_stat, phy_otg_ctrl, phy_otg_ena, dev_conf;
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ void musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 musb_mode)
 #endif
 
 	default:
-		DBG(2, "Trying to set unknown mode %i\n", musb_mode);
+		DBG(2, "Trying to set mode %i\n", musb_mode);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	musb_writel(tbase, TUSB_PHY_OTG_CTRL,
@@ -655,6 +656,8 @@ void musb_platform_set_mode(struct musb *musb, u8 musb_mode)
 		!(otg_stat & TUSB_DEV_OTG_STAT_ID_STATUS))
 			INFO("Cannot be peripheral with mini-A cable "
 			"otg_stat: %08x\n", otg_stat);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long