diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
index 9f530ff43c213ec3def93623fe36c11658721734..3509542eed87881f18d460d3ff03ec6a64da5479 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_cacheinfo.c
@@ -733,10 +733,8 @@ static int __cpuinit cache_add_dev(struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 	if (unlikely(retval < 0))
 		return retval;
 
-	cache_kobject[cpu]->parent = &sys_dev->kobj;
-	kobject_set_name(cache_kobject[cpu], "%s", "cache");
-	cache_kobject[cpu]->ktype = &ktype_percpu_entry;
-	retval = kobject_register(cache_kobject[cpu]);
+	retval = kobject_init_and_add(cache_kobject[cpu], &ktype_percpu_entry,
+				      &sys_dev->kobj, "%s", "cache");
 	if (retval < 0) {
 		cpuid4_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
 		return retval;
@@ -746,10 +744,9 @@ static int __cpuinit cache_add_dev(struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 		this_object = INDEX_KOBJECT_PTR(cpu,i);
 		this_object->cpu = cpu;
 		this_object->index = i;
-		this_object->kobj.parent = cache_kobject[cpu];
-		kobject_set_name(&(this_object->kobj), "index%1lu", i);
-		this_object->kobj.ktype = &ktype_cache;
-		retval = kobject_register(&(this_object->kobj));
+		retval = kobject_init_and_add(&(this_object->kobj),
+					      &ktype_cache, cache_kobject[cpu],
+					      "index%1lu", i);
 		if (unlikely(retval)) {
 			for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
 				kobject_unregister(
@@ -759,10 +756,12 @@ static int __cpuinit cache_add_dev(struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 			cpuid4_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
 			break;
 		}
+		kobject_uevent(&(this_object->kobj), KOBJ_ADD);
 	}
 	if (!retval)
 		cpu_set(cpu, cache_dev_map);
 
+	kobject_uevent(cache_kobject[cpu], KOBJ_ADD);
 	return retval;
 }