diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index b8bdfe61daa616e02e475e3b58602eb5d2cc5f78..fccf954f82fd311493748d92a6cde54dea3da47a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ static inline int driver_match_device(struct device_driver *drv,
 	return drv->bus->match ? drv->bus->match(dev, drv) : 1;
 }
 
+extern int device_add_groups(struct device *dev,
+			     const struct attribute_group **groups);
+extern void device_remove_groups(struct device *dev,
+				 const struct attribute_group **groups);
+
 extern char *make_class_name(const char *name, struct kobject *kobj);
 
 extern int devres_release_all(struct device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index d414331b480e72afc9ac8ac505dee449f1c795d9..7b2dc5ba7d7948b216008161fdc3b0d5ffd31139 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -499,6 +499,9 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device *dev)
 		error = device_add_attrs(bus, dev);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_put;
+		error = device_add_groups(dev, bus->dev_groups);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_groups;
 		error = sysfs_create_link(&bus->p->devices_kset->kobj,
 						&dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
 		if (error)
@@ -513,6 +516,8 @@ int bus_add_device(struct device *dev)
 
 out_subsys:
 	sysfs_remove_link(&bus->p->devices_kset->kobj, dev_name(dev));
+out_groups:
+	device_remove_groups(dev, bus->dev_groups);
 out_id:
 	device_remove_attrs(bus, dev);
 out_put:
@@ -575,6 +580,7 @@ void bus_remove_device(struct device *dev)
 	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->bus->p->devices_kset->kobj,
 			  dev_name(dev));
 	device_remove_attrs(dev->bus, dev);
+	device_remove_groups(dev, dev->bus->dev_groups);
 	if (klist_node_attached(&dev->p->knode_bus))
 		klist_del(&dev->p->knode_bus);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index e51c78782933643d50ca92dc4c039669168e54a3..09a99d6096449c884a34e448af3f9d6b5d287acc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -491,8 +491,7 @@ static void device_remove_bin_attributes(struct device *dev,
 			device_remove_bin_file(dev, &attrs[i]);
 }
 
-static int device_add_groups(struct device *dev,
-			     const struct attribute_group **groups)
+int device_add_groups(struct device *dev, const struct attribute_group **groups)
 {
 	int error = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -511,8 +510,8 @@ static int device_add_groups(struct device *dev,
 	return error;
 }
 
-static void device_remove_groups(struct device *dev,
-				 const struct attribute_group **groups)
+void device_remove_groups(struct device *dev,
+			  const struct attribute_group **groups)
 {
 	int i;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 22b546a585916b2c8b5754c3f321130c7231d1fe..3aec4a68b1d421c9378c9f57810a6be9442321e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ extern void bus_remove_file(struct bus_type *, struct bus_attribute *);
  * @bus_attrs:	Default attributes of the bus.
  * @dev_attrs:	Default attributes of the devices on the bus.
  * @drv_attrs:	Default attributes of the device drivers on the bus.
+ * @dev_groups:	Default attributes of the devices on the bus.
  * @match:	Called, perhaps multiple times, whenever a new device or driver
  *		is added for this bus. It should return a nonzero value if the
  *		given device can be handled by the given driver.
@@ -104,8 +105,9 @@ struct bus_type {
 	const char		*dev_name;
 	struct device		*dev_root;
 	struct bus_attribute	*bus_attrs;
-	struct device_attribute	*dev_attrs;
+	struct device_attribute	*dev_attrs;	/* use dev_groups instead */
 	struct driver_attribute	*drv_attrs;
+	const struct attribute_group **dev_groups;
 
 	int (*match)(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv);
 	int (*uevent)(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);