1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 79581fab82d6..5efd5550f4ca 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -828,11 +828,8 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
         memcpy(&new_policy, policy, sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy));
 
         /* prepare interface data */
-        policy->kobj.parent = &sys_dev->kobj;
-        policy->kobj.ktype = &ktype_cpufreq;
-        kobject_set_name(&policy->kobj, "cpufreq");
-
-        ret = kobject_register(&policy->kobj);
+        ret = kobject_init_and_add(&policy->kobj, &ktype_cpufreq, &sys_dev->kobj,
+                                   "cpufreq");
         if (ret) {
                 unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
                 goto err_out_driver_exit;
@@ -902,6 +899,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
                 goto err_out_unregister;
         }
 
+        kobject_uevent(&policy->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
         module_put(cpufreq_driver->owner);
         dprintk("initialization complete\n");
         cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
@@ -915,7 +913,7 @@ err_out_unregister:
                 cpufreq_cpu_data[j] = NULL;
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
-        kobject_unregister(&policy->kobj);
+        kobject_put(&policy->kobj);
         wait_for_completion(&policy->kobj_unregister);
 
 err_out_driver_exit:
@@ -1032,8 +1030,6 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 
         unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
 
-        kobject_unregister(&data->kobj);
-
         kobject_put(&data->kobj);
 
         /* we need to make sure that the underlying kobj is actually