diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
index 97ad190e13af0586a528bbb7e6dfb10e748eddcd..6bf68053e4b817491f615c0d36e787e74120bf38 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
@@ -122,3 +122,10 @@ Description:
 		This symbolic link appears when a device is a Virtual Function.
 		The symbolic link points to the PCI device sysfs entry of the
 		Physical Function this device associates with.
+
+What:		/sys/bus/pci/slots/.../module
+Date:		June 2009
+Contact:	linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		This symbolic link points to the PCI hotplug controller driver
+		module that manages the hotplug slot.
diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
index ff32c6b4ae13df83e9990d1e7fab17f503deb97f..844580489d4da56d63dc7015b2320206661a63d4 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ static int fs_add_slot(struct pci_slot *slot)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
 
+	/* Create symbolic link to the hotplug driver module */
+	pci_hp_create_module_link(slot);
+
 	if (has_power_file(slot)) {
 		retval = sysfs_create_file(&slot->kobj,
 					   &hotplug_slot_attr_power.attr);
@@ -498,6 +501,7 @@ static int fs_add_slot(struct pci_slot *slot)
 	if (has_power_file(slot))
 		sysfs_remove_file(&slot->kobj, &hotplug_slot_attr_power.attr);
 exit_power:
+	pci_hp_remove_module_link(slot);
 exit:
 	return retval;
 }
@@ -528,6 +532,8 @@ static void fs_remove_slot(struct pci_slot *slot)
 
 	if (has_test_file(slot))
 		sysfs_remove_file(&slot->kobj, &hotplug_slot_attr_test.attr);
+
+	pci_hp_remove_module_link(slot);
 }
 
 static struct hotplug_slot *get_slot_from_name (const char *name)
@@ -544,10 +550,10 @@ static struct hotplug_slot *get_slot_from_name (const char *name)
 }
 
 /**
- * pci_hp_register - register a hotplug_slot with the PCI hotplug subsystem
+ * __pci_hp_register - register a hotplug_slot with the PCI hotplug subsystem
  * @bus: bus this slot is on
  * @slot: pointer to the &struct hotplug_slot to register
- * @slot_nr: slot number
+ * @devnr: device number
  * @name: name registered with kobject core
  *
  * Registers a hotplug slot with the pci hotplug subsystem, which will allow
@@ -555,8 +561,9 @@ static struct hotplug_slot *get_slot_from_name (const char *name)
  *
  * Returns 0 if successful, anything else for an error.
  */
-int pci_hp_register(struct hotplug_slot *slot, struct pci_bus *bus, int slot_nr,
-			const char *name)
+int __pci_hp_register(struct hotplug_slot *slot, struct pci_bus *bus,
+		      int devnr, const char *name,
+		      struct module *owner, const char *mod_name)
 {
 	int result;
 	struct pci_slot *pci_slot;
@@ -571,14 +578,16 @@ int pci_hp_register(struct hotplug_slot *slot, struct pci_bus *bus, int slot_nr,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&pci_hp_mutex);
+	slot->ops->owner = owner;
+	slot->ops->mod_name = mod_name;
 
+	mutex_lock(&pci_hp_mutex);
 	/*
 	 * No problems if we call this interface from both ACPI_PCI_SLOT
 	 * driver and call it here again. If we've already created the
 	 * pci_slot, the interface will simply bump the refcount.
 	 */
-	pci_slot = pci_create_slot(bus, slot_nr, name, slot);
+	pci_slot = pci_create_slot(bus, devnr, name, slot);
 	if (IS_ERR(pci_slot)) {
 		result = PTR_ERR(pci_slot);
 		goto out;
@@ -688,6 +697,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 module_param(debug, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debugging mode enabled or not");
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_hp_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__pci_hp_register);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_hp_deregister);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_hp_change_slot_info);
diff --git a/drivers/pci/slot.c b/drivers/pci/slot.c
index fe95ce20bcbdaed33966dfe2c1c95fa8ddd40d2d..eddb0748b0ea365b9acd4d5898a5547326bf5231 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/slot.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/slot.c
@@ -307,6 +307,45 @@ void pci_destroy_slot(struct pci_slot *slot)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_destroy_slot);
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_MODULE)
+#include <linux/pci_hotplug.h>
+/**
+ * pci_hp_create_link - create symbolic link to the hotplug driver module.
+ * @slot: struct pci_slot
+ *
+ * Helper function for pci_hotplug_core.c to create symbolic link to
+ * the hotplug driver module.
+ */
+void pci_hp_create_module_link(struct pci_slot *pci_slot)
+{
+	struct hotplug_slot *slot = pci_slot->hotplug;
+	struct kobject *kobj = NULL;
+	int no_warn;
+
+	if (!slot || !slot->ops)
+		return;
+	kobj = kset_find_obj(module_kset, slot->ops->mod_name);
+	if (!kobj)
+		return;
+	no_warn = sysfs_create_link(&pci_slot->kobj, kobj, "module");
+	kobject_put(kobj);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_hp_create_module_link);
+
+/**
+ * pci_hp_remove_link - remove symbolic link to the hotplug driver module.
+ * @slot: struct pci_slot
+ *
+ * Helper function for pci_hotplug_core.c to remove symbolic link to
+ * the hotplug driver module.
+ */
+void pci_hp_remove_module_link(struct pci_slot *pci_slot)
+{
+	sysfs_remove_link(&pci_slot->kobj, "module");
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_hp_remove_module_link);
+#endif
+
 static int pci_slot_init(void)
 {
 	struct kset *pci_bus_kset;
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index ea2a153a91266dde7b4496746552f09edfb35392..6a1800ecd95d5a29b4ef870810e51c6c6732fbdc 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -1261,5 +1261,10 @@ static inline irqreturn_t pci_sriov_migration(struct pci_dev *dev)
 }
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_MODULE)
+extern void pci_hp_create_module_link(struct pci_slot *pci_slot);
+extern void pci_hp_remove_module_link(struct pci_slot *pci_slot);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* LINUX_PCI_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/pci_hotplug.h b/include/linux/pci_hotplug.h
index 11936fd0b56da8d10b88f6f467635a99a4db9191..b3646cd7fd5af6a823aafce45f2c3d8290689ab8 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci_hotplug.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci_hotplug.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ enum pcie_link_speed {
 /**
  * struct hotplug_slot_ops -the callbacks that the hotplug pci core can use
  * @owner: The module owner of this structure
+ * @mod_name: The module name (KBUILD_MODNAME) of this structure
  * @enable_slot: Called when the user wants to enable a specific pci slot
  * @disable_slot: Called when the user wants to disable a specific pci slot
  * @set_attention_status: Called to set the specific slot's attention LED to
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ enum pcie_link_speed {
  */
 struct hotplug_slot_ops {
 	struct module *owner;
+	const char *mod_name;
 	int (*enable_slot)		(struct hotplug_slot *slot);
 	int (*disable_slot)		(struct hotplug_slot *slot);
 	int (*set_attention_status)	(struct hotplug_slot *slot, u8 value);
@@ -159,12 +161,21 @@ static inline const char *hotplug_slot_name(const struct hotplug_slot *slot)
 	return pci_slot_name(slot->pci_slot);
 }
 
-extern int pci_hp_register(struct hotplug_slot *, struct pci_bus *, int nr,
-			   const char *name);
+extern int __pci_hp_register(struct hotplug_slot *slot, struct pci_bus *pbus,
+			     int nr, const char *name,
+			     struct module *owner, const char *mod_name);
 extern int pci_hp_deregister(struct hotplug_slot *slot);
 extern int __must_check pci_hp_change_slot_info	(struct hotplug_slot *slot,
 						 struct hotplug_slot_info *info);
 
+static inline int pci_hp_register(struct hotplug_slot *slot,
+				  struct pci_bus *pbus,
+				  int devnr, const char *name)
+{
+	return __pci_hp_register(slot, pbus, devnr, name,
+				 THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME);
+}
+
 /* PCI Setting Record (Type 0) */
 struct hpp_type0 {
 	u32 revision;