diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index 7c172d9d7acfd07073c19974c761df3952bf85bc..e550da684a472716e2699a6ffb6244d8db3c7a14 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static int __init acpi_bus_init(void)
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-decl_subsys(acpi, NULL);
+struct kobject *acpi_kobj;
 
 static int __init acpi_init(void)
 {
@@ -755,10 +755,11 @@ static int __init acpi_init(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	result = firmware_register(&acpi_subsys);
-	if (result < 0)
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: firmware_register error: %d\n",
-			__FUNCTION__, result);
+	acpi_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("acpi", &firmware_kset->kobj);
+	if (!acpi_kobj) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kset create error\n", __FUNCTION__);
+		acpi_kobj = NULL;
+	}
 
 	result = acpi_bus_init();
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/system.c b/drivers/acpi/system.c
index edee2806e37bcec904e6640a90fb2423b981260c..c22b93aab7fe574fb3d772ed3e799545deb8d540 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/system.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/system.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static int acpi_system_sysfs_init(void)
 	int table_index = 0;
 	int result;
 
-	tables_kobj.parent = &acpi_subsys.kobj;
+	tables_kobj.parent = acpi_kobj;
 	kobject_set_name(&tables_kobj, "tables");
 	result = kobject_register(&tables_kobj);
 	if (result)
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 7b74b60a68a47b26d3addf541b3440f23bd947ad..fb7171b1bd22e900349126212f8fceb4f997d8e8 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ struct acpi_bus_event {
 	u32 data;
 };
 
-extern struct kset acpi_subsys;
+extern struct kobject *acpi_kobj;
 extern int acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(const char*, const char*, u8, int);
 /*
  * External Functions