diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
index 56230dbd347aee88f9d6eb9fc1a32ec9642d7799..29276bd28295007212a73e89c4bc44cb6f0a0a2a 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
@@ -652,6 +652,9 @@ static int pccardd(void *__skt)
 		complete(&skt->thread_done);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	ret = pccard_sysfs_add_socket(&skt->dev);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_warn(&skt->dev, "err %d adding socket attributes\n", ret);
 
 	add_wait_queue(&skt->thread_wait, &wait);
 	complete(&skt->thread_done);
@@ -694,6 +697,7 @@ static int pccardd(void *__skt)
 	remove_wait_queue(&skt->thread_wait, &wait);
 
 	/* remove from the device core */
+	pccard_sysfs_remove_socket(&skt->dev);
 	device_unregister(&skt->dev);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -940,20 +944,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pcmcia_socket_class);
 
 static int __init init_pcmcia_cs(void)
 {
-	int ret;
-
 	init_completion(&pcmcia_unload);
-	ret = class_register(&pcmcia_socket_class);
-	if (ret)
-		return (ret);
-	return class_interface_register(&pccard_sysfs_interface);
+	return class_register(&pcmcia_socket_class);
 }
 
 static void __exit exit_pcmcia_cs(void)
 {
-	class_interface_unregister(&pccard_sysfs_interface);
 	class_unregister(&pcmcia_socket_class);
-
 	wait_for_completion(&pcmcia_unload);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/cs_internal.h b/drivers/pcmcia/cs_internal.h
index 9fa207e3c7b35757dcd394cb1478191b266d3ed6..e7d5d141f24dc9b661f9ed4412752c53a04b7764 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/cs_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/cs_internal.h
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ struct resource *pcmcia_find_mem_region(u_long base, u_long num, u_long align,
 void release_resource_db(struct pcmcia_socket *s);
 
 /* In socket_sysfs.c */
-extern struct class_interface pccard_sysfs_interface;
+extern int pccard_sysfs_add_socket(struct device *dev);
+extern void pccard_sysfs_remove_socket(struct device *dev);
 
 /* In cs.c */
 extern struct rw_semaphore pcmcia_socket_list_rwsem;
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c b/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
index b4409002b7f8415a88c4a8a823dbcd0ffa96f530..562384d6f3213b71e0f9f83999b4579b3d3b16e5 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/socket_sysfs.c
@@ -356,19 +356,23 @@ static ssize_t pccard_store_cis(struct kobject *kobj,
 }
 
 
-static struct device_attribute *pccard_socket_attributes[] = {
-	&dev_attr_card_type,
-	&dev_attr_card_voltage,
-	&dev_attr_card_vpp,
-	&dev_attr_card_vcc,
-	&dev_attr_card_insert,
-	&dev_attr_card_pm_state,
-	&dev_attr_card_eject,
-	&dev_attr_card_irq_mask,
-	&dev_attr_available_resources_setup_done,
+static struct attribute *pccard_socket_attributes[] = {
+	&dev_attr_card_type.attr,
+	&dev_attr_card_voltage.attr,
+	&dev_attr_card_vpp.attr,
+	&dev_attr_card_vcc.attr,
+	&dev_attr_card_insert.attr,
+	&dev_attr_card_pm_state.attr,
+	&dev_attr_card_eject.attr,
+	&dev_attr_card_irq_mask.attr,
+	&dev_attr_available_resources_setup_done.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 
+static const struct attribute_group socket_attrs = {
+	.attrs = pccard_socket_attributes,
+};
+
 static struct bin_attribute pccard_cis_attr = {
 	.attr = { .name = "cis", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.size = 0x200,
@@ -376,35 +380,21 @@ static struct bin_attribute pccard_cis_attr = {
 	.write = pccard_store_cis,
 };
 
-static int __devinit pccard_sysfs_add_socket(struct device *dev,
-					     struct class_interface *class_intf)
+int pccard_sysfs_add_socket(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct device_attribute **attr;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	for (attr = pccard_socket_attributes; *attr; attr++) {
-		ret = device_create_file(dev, *attr);
+	ret = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, &socket_attrs);
+	if (!ret) {
+		ret = sysfs_create_bin_file(&dev->kobj, &pccard_cis_attr);
 		if (ret)
-			break;
+			sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, &socket_attrs);
 	}
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = sysfs_create_bin_file(&dev->kobj, &pccard_cis_attr);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void __devexit pccard_sysfs_remove_socket(struct device *dev,
-						 struct class_interface *class_intf)
+void pccard_sysfs_remove_socket(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct device_attribute **attr;
-
 	sysfs_remove_bin_file(&dev->kobj, &pccard_cis_attr);
-	for (attr = pccard_socket_attributes; *attr; attr++)
-		device_remove_file(dev, *attr);
+	sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, &socket_attrs);
 }
-
-struct class_interface pccard_sysfs_interface = {
-	.class = &pcmcia_socket_class,
-	.add_dev = &pccard_sysfs_add_socket,
-	.remove_dev = __devexit_p(&pccard_sysfs_remove_socket),
-};