diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 2f50fc4be1d4..7a3ad929f095 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -1039,7 +1039,9 @@ static int __init acpi_bus_init(void)
 	 */
 	acpi_root_dir = proc_mkdir(ACPI_BUS_FILE_ROOT, NULL);
 
-	return 0;
+	result = bus_register(&acpi_bus_type);
+	if (!result)
+		return 0;
 
 	/* Mimic structured exception handling */
       error1:
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index f541f689ae80..2fe5a37c385c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -1891,12 +1891,6 @@ int __init acpi_scan_init(void)
 {
 	int result;
 
-	result = bus_register(&acpi_bus_type);
-	if (result) {
-		/* We don't want to quit even if we failed to add suspend/resume */
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Could not register bus type\n");
-	}
-
 	acpi_pci_root_init();
 	acpi_pci_link_init();
 	acpi_processor_init();