diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 03204bf..fa601b0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 decl_subsys(bus, &ktype_bus, NULL);
 
 
-/* Manually detach a device from it's associated driver. */
+/* Manually detach a device from its associated driver. */
 static int driver_helper(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
 	const char *name = data;
@@ -151,14 +151,13 @@
 	int err = -ENODEV;
 
 	dev = bus_find_device(bus, NULL, (void *)buf, driver_helper);
-	if ((dev) &&
-	    (dev->driver == drv)) {
+	if (dev && dev->driver == drv) {
 		device_release_driver(dev);
 		err = count;
 	}
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-	return count;
+	put_device(dev);
+	put_bus(bus);
+	return err;
 }
 static DRIVER_ATTR(unbind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_unbind);
 
@@ -175,16 +174,14 @@
 	int err = -ENODEV;
 
 	dev = bus_find_device(bus, NULL, (void *)buf, driver_helper);
-	if ((dev) &&
-	    (dev->driver == NULL)) {
+	if (dev && dev->driver == NULL) {
 		down(&dev->sem);
 		err = driver_probe_device(drv, dev);
 		up(&dev->sem);
-		put_device(dev);
 	}
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-	return count;
+	put_device(dev);
+	put_bus(bus);
+	return err;
 }
 static DRIVER_ATTR(bind, S_IWUSR, NULL, driver_bind);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
index 3565e97..3b419c9 100644
--- a/drivers/base/dd.c
+++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
  *	because we don't know the format of the ID structures, nor what
  *	is to be considered a match and what is not.
  *
- *
  *	This function returns 1 if a match is found, an error if one
  *	occurs (that is not -ENODEV or -ENXIO), and 0 otherwise.
  *
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@
 		driver_probe_device(drv, dev);
 	up(&dev->sem);
 
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -225,15 +223,15 @@
 	struct device * dev;
 
 	for (;;) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&drv->klist_devices.k_lock);
+		spin_lock(&drv->klist_devices.k_lock);
 		if (list_empty(&drv->klist_devices.k_list)) {
-			spin_unlock_irq(&drv->klist_devices.k_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&drv->klist_devices.k_lock);
 			break;
 		}
 		dev = list_entry(drv->klist_devices.k_list.prev,
 				struct device, knode_driver.n_node);
 		get_device(dev);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&drv->klist_devices.k_lock);
+		spin_unlock(&drv->klist_devices.k_lock);
 
 		down(&dev->sem);
 		if (dev->driver == drv)