--- yenta_socket.c.old	2003-07-02 22:49:32.000000000 +0200
+++ yenta_socket.c	2003-07-06 16:13:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@
 
 	events = yenta_events(socket);
 	if (events) {
-		pcmcia_parse_events(&socket->socket, events);
+		if (likely(socket->init_done))
+			pcmcia_parse_events(&socket->socket, events);
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}
 	return IRQ_NONE;
@@ -501,8 +502,8 @@
 	socket->socket.features |= SS_CAP_PAGE_REGS | SS_CAP_PCCARD | SS_CAP_CARDBUS;
 	socket->socket.map_size = 0x1000;
 	socket->socket.pci_irq = socket->cb_irq;
-	socket->socket.irq_mask = yenta_probe_irq(socket, isa_irq_mask);
 	socket->socket.cb_dev = socket->dev;
+	socket->socket.irq_mask = yenta_probe_irq(socket, isa_irq_mask);
 
 	printk("Yenta IRQ list %04x, PCI irq%d\n", socket->socket.irq_mask, socket->cb_irq);
 }
@@ -821,6 +822,7 @@
 {
 	struct yenta_socket *socket;
 	struct cardbus_override_struct *d;
+	int ret;
 	
 	socket = kmalloc(sizeof(struct yenta_socket), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!socket)
@@ -888,12 +890,18 @@
 		add_timer(&socket->poll_timer);
 	}
 
+	socket->init_done = 0; /* should still be 0, paranoya ... */
+
 	/* Figure out what the dang thing can do for the PCMCIA layer... */
 	yenta_get_socket_capabilities(socket, isa_interrupts);
 	printk("Socket status: %08x\n", cb_readl(socket, CB_SOCKET_STATE));
 
 	/* Register it with the pcmcia layer.. */
-	return pcmcia_register_socket(&socket->socket);
+	ret = pcmcia_register_socket(&socket->socket);
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		socket->init_done = 1;
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 
--- yenta_socket.h.old	2003-07-02 22:45:05.000000000 +0200
+++ yenta_socket.h	2003-07-06 16:05:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@
 
 	struct pcmcia_socket socket;
 
+	unsigned int init_done:1; /* used during initialization */
+
 	/* A few words of private data for special stuff of overrides... */
 	unsigned int private[8];
 };