diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index 8e59abc237d7..930cd8af3503 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -844,18 +844,6 @@ void __cpu_die(unsigned int cpu)
 		smp_ops->cpu_die(cpu);
 }
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(powerpc_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex);
-
-void cpu_hotplug_driver_lock()
-{
-	mutex_lock(&powerpc_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex);
-}
-
-void cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock()
-{
-	mutex_unlock(&powerpc_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex);
-}
-
 void cpu_die(void)
 {
 	if (ppc_md.cpu_die)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
index 7cfdaae1721a..a8fe5aa3d34f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/dlpar.c
@@ -404,46 +404,38 @@ static ssize_t dlpar_cpu_probe(const char *buf, size_t count)
 	unsigned long drc_index;
 	int rc;
 
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
 	rc = strict_strtoul(buf, 0, &drc_index);
-	if (rc) {
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (rc)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	parent = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus");
-	if (!parent) {
-		rc = -ENODEV;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!parent)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	dn = dlpar_configure_connector(drc_index, parent);
-	if (!dn) {
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!dn)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	of_node_put(parent);
 
 	rc = dlpar_acquire_drc(drc_index);
 	if (rc) {
 		dlpar_free_cc_nodes(dn);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	rc = dlpar_attach_node(dn);
 	if (rc) {
 		dlpar_release_drc(drc_index);
 		dlpar_free_cc_nodes(dn);
-		goto out;
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	rc = dlpar_online_cpu(dn);
-out:
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 
-	return rc ? rc : count;
+	return count;
 }
 
 static int dlpar_offline_cpu(struct device_node *dn)
@@ -516,30 +508,27 @@ static ssize_t dlpar_cpu_release(const char *buf, size_t count)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
 	rc = dlpar_offline_cpu(dn);
 	if (rc) {
 		of_node_put(dn);
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto out;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	rc = dlpar_release_drc(*drc_index);
 	if (rc) {
 		of_node_put(dn);
-		goto out;
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	rc = dlpar_detach_node(dn);
 	if (rc) {
 		dlpar_acquire_drc(*drc_index);
-		goto out;
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	of_node_put(dn);
-out:
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
-	return rc ? rc : count;
+
+	return count;
 }
 
 static int __init pseries_dlpar_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index f67e839f06c8..0c11032e2e91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -254,10 +254,6 @@ config ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS
 	default "-fcall-saved-ecx -fcall-saved-edx" if X86_32
 	default "-fcall-saved-rdi -fcall-saved-rsi -fcall-saved-rdx -fcall-saved-rcx -fcall-saved-r8 -fcall-saved-r9 -fcall-saved-r10 -fcall-saved-r11" if X86_64
 
-config ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
-	def_bool y
-	depends on HOTPLUG_CPU
-
 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
 	def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 6cacab671f9b..e73b3f53310c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -82,27 +82,6 @@
 /* State of each CPU */
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_state) = { 0 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-/*
- * We need this for trampoline_base protection from concurrent accesses when
- * off- and onlining cores wildly.
- */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(x86_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex);
-
-void cpu_hotplug_driver_lock(void)
-{
-	mutex_lock(&x86_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex);
-}
-
-void cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock(void)
-{
-	mutex_unlock(&x86_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex);
-}
-
-ssize_t arch_cpu_probe(const char *buf, size_t count) { return -1; }
-ssize_t arch_cpu_release(const char *buf, size_t count) { return -1; }
-#endif
-
 /* Number of siblings per CPU package */
 int smp_num_siblings = 1;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_num_siblings);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c b/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
index 6e60b5fe2244..649b010da00b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
@@ -65,29 +65,32 @@ int __ref _debug_hotplug_cpu(int cpu, int action)
 	if (!cpu_is_hotpluggable(cpu))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
+	lock_device_hotplug();
 
 	switch (action) {
 	case 0:
 		ret = cpu_down(cpu);
 		if (!ret) {
 			pr_info("CPU %u is now offline\n", cpu);
+			dev->offline = true;
 			kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_OFFLINE);
 		} else
 			pr_debug("Can't offline CPU%d.\n", cpu);
 		break;
 	case 1:
 		ret = cpu_up(cpu);
-		if (!ret)
+		if (!ret) {
+			dev->offline = false;
 			kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ONLINE);
-		else
+		} else {
 			pr_debug("Can't online CPU%d.\n", cpu);
+		}
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
+	unlock_device_hotplug();
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
index c00a3a73409b..551dad712ffe 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
@@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ static int acpi_memory_check_device(struct acpi_memory_device *mem_device)
 	unsigned long long current_status;
 
 	/* Get device present/absent information from the _STA */
-	if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_evaluate_integer(mem_device->device->handle, "_STA",
-					       NULL, &current_status)))
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_evaluate_integer(mem_device->device->handle,
+					       METHOD_NAME__STA, NULL,
+					       &current_status)))
 		return -ENODEV;
 	/*
 	 * Check for device status. Device should be
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index 05306a59aedc..bb6045c5385b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -762,13 +762,8 @@ void acpi_sysfs_add_hotplug_profile(struct acpi_hotplug_profile *hotplug,
 	if (!hotplug_kobj)
 		goto err_out;
 
-	kobject_init(&hotplug->kobj, &acpi_hotplug_profile_ktype);
-	error = kobject_set_name(&hotplug->kobj, "%s", name);
-	if (error)
-		goto err_out;
-
-	hotplug->kobj.parent = hotplug_kobj;
-	error = kobject_add(&hotplug->kobj, hotplug_kobj, NULL);
+	error = kobject_init_and_add(&hotplug->kobj,
+		&acpi_hotplug_profile_ktype, hotplug_kobj, "%s", name);
 	if (error)
 		goto err_out;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index 848ebbd25717..f48370dfc908 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@ static int __ref cpu_subsys_online(struct device *dev)
 	struct cpu *cpu = container_of(dev, struct cpu, dev);
 	int cpuid = dev->id;
 	int from_nid, to_nid;
-	int ret = -ENODEV;
-
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
+	int ret;
 
 	from_nid = cpu_to_node(cpuid);
 	if (from_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
-		goto out;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ret = cpu_up(cpuid);
 	/*
@@ -61,19 +59,12 @@ static int __ref cpu_subsys_online(struct device *dev)
 	if (from_nid != to_nid)
 		change_cpu_under_node(cpu, from_nid, to_nid);
 
- out:
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int cpu_subsys_offline(struct device *dev)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
-	ret = cpu_down(dev->id);
-	cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
-	return ret;
+	return cpu_down(dev->id);
 }
 
 void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu)
@@ -93,7 +84,17 @@ static ssize_t cpu_probe_store(struct device *dev,
 			       const char *buf,
 			       size_t count)
 {
-	return arch_cpu_probe(buf, count);
+	ssize_t cnt;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	cnt = arch_cpu_probe(buf, count);
+
+	unlock_device_hotplug();
+	return cnt;
 }
 
 static ssize_t cpu_release_store(struct device *dev,
@@ -101,7 +102,17 @@ static ssize_t cpu_release_store(struct device *dev,
 				 const char *buf,
 				 size_t count)
 {
-	return arch_cpu_release(buf, count);
+	ssize_t cnt;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	cnt = arch_cpu_release(buf, count);
+
+	unlock_device_hotplug();
+	return cnt;
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_probe_store);
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index 801ff9e73679..3434ef7de017 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -185,19 +185,6 @@ extern void cpu_hotplug_enable(void);
 void clear_tasks_mm_cpumask(int cpu);
 int cpu_down(unsigned int cpu);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
-extern void cpu_hotplug_driver_lock(void);
-extern void cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock(void);
-#else
-static inline void cpu_hotplug_driver_lock(void)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock(void)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
 #else		/* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
 static inline void cpu_hotplug_begin(void) {}