}
 static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, acpi_device_modalias_show, NULL);
 
+static void __acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start);
+
 /**
  * acpi_bus_hot_remove_device: hot-remove a device and its children
  * @context: struct acpi_eject_event pointer (freed in this func)
        acpi_status status = AE_OK;
        u32 ost_code = ACPI_OST_SC_NON_SPECIFIC_FAILURE; /* default */
 
+       mutex_lock(&acpi_scan_lock);
+
        ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
                "Hot-removing device %s...\n", dev_name(&device->dev)));
 
-       acpi_bus_trim(device);
+       __acpi_bus_trim(device);
        /* Device node has been released. */
        device = NULL;
 
        status = acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_EJ0", &arg_list, NULL);
        if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
                if (status != AE_NOT_FOUND)
-                       printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
-                                       "Eject device failed\n");
-               goto err_out;
-       }
+                       acpi_handle_warn(handle, "Eject failed\n");
 
-       kfree(context);
-       return;
+               /* Tell the firmware the hot-remove operation has failed. */
+               acpi_evaluate_hotplug_ost(handle, ej_event->event,
+                                         ost_code, NULL);
+       }
 
-err_out:
-       /* Inform firmware the hot-remove operation has completed w/ error */
-       (void) acpi_evaluate_hotplug_ost(handle,
-                               ej_event->event, ost_code, NULL);
+       mutex_unlock(&acpi_scan_lock);
        kfree(context);
        return;
 }
        return AE_OK;
 }
 
-void acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start)
+static void __acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start)
 {
-       mutex_lock(&acpi_scan_lock);
-
        /*
         * Execute acpi_bus_device_detach() as a post-order callback to detach
         * all ACPI drivers from the device nodes being removed.
        acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_ANY, start->handle, ACPI_UINT32_MAX, NULL,
                            acpi_bus_remove, NULL, NULL);
        acpi_bus_remove(start->handle, 0, NULL, NULL);
+}
 
+void acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start)
+{
+       mutex_lock(&acpi_scan_lock);
+       __acpi_bus_trim(start);
        mutex_unlock(&acpi_scan_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bus_trim);