diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c b/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
index 5823bbd668f448e11c0b59e366781ea6c1460d6a..a3f35ebb3b52a0d6eb9e393bdef56c83446a6efc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/topology.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ int __ref _debug_hotplug_cpu(int cpu, int action)
 	if (!cpu_is_hotpluggable(cpu))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	lock_device_hotplug();
 	cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
 
 	switch (action) {
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ int __ref _debug_hotplug_cpu(int cpu, int action)
 	}
 
 	cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
+	unlock_device_hotplug();
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index 848ebbd25717269fa0ef34e1632e502eb29f4aeb..51f5d7fe2f0b9e8ccb6e039684e6114391aa1210 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -93,7 +93,17 @@ static ssize_t cpu_probe_store(struct device *dev,
 			       const char *buf,
 			       size_t count)
 {
-	return arch_cpu_probe(buf, count);
+	ssize_t cnt;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	cnt = arch_cpu_probe(buf, count);
+
+	unlock_device_hotplug();
+	return cnt;
 }
 
 static ssize_t cpu_release_store(struct device *dev,
@@ -101,7 +111,17 @@ static ssize_t cpu_release_store(struct device *dev,
 				 const char *buf,
 				 size_t count)
 {
-	return arch_cpu_release(buf, count);
+	ssize_t cnt;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	cnt = arch_cpu_release(buf, count);
+
+	unlock_device_hotplug();
+	return cnt;
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(probe, S_IWUSR, NULL, cpu_probe_store);