#define to_ccwdev(n) container_of(n, struct ccw_device, dev)
 #define to_ccwdrv(n) container_of(n, struct ccw_driver, driver)
 
-extern struct ccw_device *ccw_device_probe_console(struct ccw_driver *);
+extern struct ccw_device *ccw_device_create_console(struct ccw_driver *);
+extern void ccw_device_destroy_console(struct ccw_device *);
+extern int ccw_device_enable_console(struct ccw_device *);
 extern void ccw_device_wait_idle(struct ccw_device *);
 extern int ccw_device_force_console(struct ccw_device *);
 
 
                raw3215_freelist = req;
        }
 
-       cdev = ccw_device_probe_console(&raw3215_ccw_driver);
+       cdev = ccw_device_create_console(&raw3215_ccw_driver);
        if (IS_ERR(cdev))
                return -ENODEV;
 
        cdev->handler = raw3215_irq;
 
        raw->flags |= RAW3215_FIXED;
+       if (ccw_device_enable_console(cdev)) {
+               ccw_device_destroy_console(cdev);
+               raw3215_free_info(raw);
+               raw3215[0] = NULL;
+               return -ENODEV;
+       }
 
        /* Request the console irq */
        if (raw3215_startup(raw) != 0) {
 
        char *ascebc;
        int rc;
 
-       cdev = ccw_device_probe_console(&raw3270_ccw_driver);
+       cdev = ccw_device_create_console(&raw3270_ccw_driver);
        if (IS_ERR(cdev))
                return ERR_CAST(cdev);
 
        if (rc)
                return ERR_PTR(rc);
        set_bit(RAW3270_FLAGS_CONSOLE, &rp->flags);
+
+       rc = ccw_device_enable_console(cdev);
+       if (rc) {
+               ccw_device_destroy_console(cdev);
+               return ERR_PTR(rc);
+       }
+
        spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(rp->cdev), flags);
        do {
                __raw3270_reset_device(rp);
 
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CCW_CONSOLE
-static int ccw_device_console_enable(struct ccw_device *cdev,
-                                    struct subchannel *sch)
+int __init ccw_device_enable_console(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 {
+       struct subchannel *sch = to_subchannel(cdev->dev.parent);
        int rc;
 
+       if (!cdev->drv || !cdev->handler)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
        io_subchannel_init_fields(sch);
        rc = cio_commit_config(sch);
        if (rc)
        return rc;
 }
 
-struct ccw_device *ccw_device_probe_console(struct ccw_driver *drv)
+struct ccw_device * __init ccw_device_create_console(struct ccw_driver *drv)
 {
        struct io_subchannel_private *io_priv;
        struct ccw_device *cdev;
        struct subchannel *sch;
-       int ret;
 
        sch = cio_probe_console();
        if (IS_ERR(sch))
        }
        cdev->drv = drv;
        set_io_private(sch, io_priv);
-       ret = ccw_device_console_enable(cdev, sch);
-       if (ret) {
-               set_io_private(sch, NULL);
-               put_device(&sch->dev);
-               put_device(&cdev->dev);
-               kfree(io_priv);
-               return ERR_PTR(ret);
-       }
        return cdev;
 }
 
+void __init ccw_device_destroy_console(struct ccw_device *cdev)
+{
+       struct subchannel *sch = to_subchannel(cdev->dev.parent);
+       struct io_subchannel_private *io_priv = to_io_private(sch);
+
+       set_io_private(sch, NULL);
+       put_device(&sch->dev);
+       put_device(&cdev->dev);
+       kfree(io_priv);
+}
+
 /**
  * ccw_device_wait_idle() - busy wait for device to become idle
  * @cdev: ccw device