diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
index b3a50d962851cec722df10623dbc90e6a3f16985..52de616a806559d6e0a25a5f65e3bef721432f48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
@@ -1163,9 +1163,12 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops threshold_ops = {
 	.store			= store,
 };
 
+static void threshold_block_release(struct kobject *kobj);
+
 static struct kobj_type threshold_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops		= &threshold_ops,
 	.default_attrs		= default_attrs,
+	.release		= threshold_block_release,
 };
 
 static const char *get_name(unsigned int bank, struct threshold_block *b)
@@ -1198,8 +1201,9 @@ static const char *get_name(unsigned int bank, struct threshold_block *b)
 	return buf_mcatype;
 }
 
-static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank,
-				     unsigned int block, u32 address)
+static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, struct threshold_bank *tb,
+				     unsigned int bank, unsigned int block,
+				     u32 address)
 {
 	struct threshold_block *b = NULL;
 	u32 low, high;
@@ -1243,16 +1247,12 @@ static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&b->miscj);
 
-	if (per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->blocks) {
-		list_add(&b->miscj,
-			 &per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->blocks->miscj);
-	} else {
-		per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->blocks = b;
-	}
+	if (tb->blocks)
+		list_add(&b->miscj, &tb->blocks->miscj);
+	else
+		tb->blocks = b;
 
-	err = kobject_init_and_add(&b->kobj, &threshold_ktype,
-				   per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->kobj,
-				   get_name(bank, b));
+	err = kobject_init_and_add(&b->kobj, &threshold_ktype, tb->kobj, get_name(bank, b));
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
 recurse:
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ static int allocate_threshold_blocks(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank,
 	if (!address)
 		return 0;
 
-	err = allocate_threshold_blocks(cpu, bank, block, address);
+	err = allocate_threshold_blocks(cpu, tb, bank, block, address);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
 
@@ -1345,8 +1345,6 @@ static int threshold_create_bank(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank)
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank] = b;
-
 	if (is_shared_bank(bank)) {
 		refcount_set(&b->cpus, 1);
 
@@ -1357,9 +1355,13 @@ static int threshold_create_bank(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank)
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = allocate_threshold_blocks(cpu, bank, 0, msr_ops.misc(bank));
-	if (!err)
-		goto out;
+	err = allocate_threshold_blocks(cpu, b, bank, 0, msr_ops.misc(bank));
+	if (err)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank] = b;
+
+	return 0;
 
  out_free:
 	kfree(b);
@@ -1368,8 +1370,12 @@ static int threshold_create_bank(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void deallocate_threshold_block(unsigned int cpu,
-						 unsigned int bank)
+static void threshold_block_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	kfree(to_block(kobj));
+}
+
+static void deallocate_threshold_block(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank)
 {
 	struct threshold_block *pos = NULL;
 	struct threshold_block *tmp = NULL;
@@ -1379,13 +1385,11 @@ static void deallocate_threshold_block(unsigned int cpu,
 		return;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, tmp, &head->blocks->miscj, miscj) {
-		kobject_put(&pos->kobj);
 		list_del(&pos->miscj);
-		kfree(pos);
+		kobject_put(&pos->kobj);
 	}
 
-	kfree(per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->blocks);
-	per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->blocks = NULL;
+	kobject_put(&head->blocks->kobj);
 }
 
 static void __threshold_remove_blocks(struct threshold_bank *b)