diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class.c b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
index 14139c337312..aa84e5b37593 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-class.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ void led_classdev_unregister(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
 	up_write(&led_cdev->trigger_lock);
 #endif
 
+	led_cdev->flags |= LED_UNREGISTERING;
+
 	/* Stop blinking */
 	led_stop_software_blink(led_cdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-core.c b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
index 19e1e60dfaa3..ad684b6d0b72 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-core.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ static void set_brightness_delayed(struct work_struct *ws)
 						led_cdev->delayed_set_value);
 	else
 		ret = -ENOTSUPP;
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0 &&
+	    /* LED HW might have been unplugged, therefore don't warn */
+	    !(ret == -ENODEV && (led_cdev->flags & LED_UNREGISTERING) &&
+	    (led_cdev->flags & LED_HW_PLUGGABLE)))
 		dev_err(led_cdev->dev,
 			"Setting an LED's brightness failed (%d)\n", ret);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/leds.h b/include/linux/leds.h
index e3470e732ede..f203a8f89d30 100644
--- a/include/linux/leds.h
+++ b/include/linux/leds.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct led_classdev {
 
 	/* Lower 16 bits reflect status */
 #define LED_SUSPENDED		(1 << 0)
+#define LED_UNREGISTERING	(1 << 1)
 	/* Upper 16 bits reflect control information */
 #define LED_CORE_SUSPENDRESUME	(1 << 16)
 #define LED_BLINK_ONESHOT	(1 << 17)
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ struct led_classdev {
 #define LED_BLINK_DISABLE	(1 << 21)
 #define LED_SYSFS_DISABLE	(1 << 22)
 #define LED_DEV_CAP_FLASH	(1 << 23)
+#define LED_HW_PLUGGABLE	(1 << 24)
 
 	/* Set LED brightness level
 	 * Must not sleep. Use brightness_set_blocking for drivers