diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index 4d8a56406fbbf80487a3334ad288aee00aa81917..f829a4c71749cfbf2b174804b3c72241f78ee0ff 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -363,6 +363,60 @@ struct device *get_cpu_device(unsigned cpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_cpu_device);
 
+static void device_create_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	kfree(dev);
+}
+
+static struct device *
+__cpu_device_create(struct device *parent, void *drvdata,
+		    const struct attribute_group **groups,
+		    const char *fmt, va_list args)
+{
+	struct device *dev = NULL;
+	int retval = -ENODEV;
+
+	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dev) {
+		retval = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	device_initialize(dev);
+	dev->parent = parent;
+	dev->groups = groups;
+	dev->release = device_create_release;
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, drvdata);
+
+	retval = kobject_set_name_vargs(&dev->kobj, fmt, args);
+	if (retval)
+		goto error;
+
+	retval = device_add(dev);
+	if (retval)
+		goto error;
+
+	return dev;
+
+error:
+	put_device(dev);
+	return ERR_PTR(retval);
+}
+
+struct device *cpu_device_create(struct device *parent, void *drvdata,
+				 const struct attribute_group **groups,
+				 const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list vargs;
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	va_start(vargs, fmt);
+	dev = __cpu_device_create(parent, drvdata, groups, fmt, vargs);
+	va_end(vargs);
+	return dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_device_create);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
 static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, print_cpu_modalias, NULL);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index b2d9a43012b20a18d7382bba29806554138383d7..4260e8594bd77da8d1978ff7ff670c904e870e0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 struct device;
 struct device_node;
+struct attribute_group;
 
 struct cpu {
 	int node_id;		/* The node which contains the CPU */
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ extern void cpu_remove_dev_attr(struct device_attribute *attr);
 extern int cpu_add_dev_attr_group(struct attribute_group *attrs);
 extern void cpu_remove_dev_attr_group(struct attribute_group *attrs);
 
+extern struct device *cpu_device_create(struct device *parent, void *drvdata,
+					const struct attribute_group **groups,
+					const char *fmt, ...);
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 extern void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu);
 extern ssize_t arch_cpu_probe(const char *, size_t);