diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
index 9a49c394f04f..e679e708db63 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
@@ -689,6 +689,9 @@ static int pccardd(void *__skt)
 
 	complete(&skt->thread_done);
 
+	/* wait for userspace to catch up */
+	msleep(250);
+
 	set_freezable();
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
index 93925f5908b8..0f98be4450b7 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
@@ -1356,12 +1356,6 @@ static int __devinit pcmcia_bus_add_socket(struct device *dev,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Ugly. But we want to wait for the socket threads to have started up.
-	 * We really should let the drivers themselves drive some of this..
-	 */
-	msleep(250);
-
 	ret = sysfs_create_bin_file(&dev->kobj, &pccard_cis_attr);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_printk(KERN_ERR, dev, "PCMCIA registration failed\n");