diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index 75432819579cd2459320f8f34eabdb2eb31d1fcb..bb6045c5385bd181689b5f2c76779f7155493aff 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -762,9 +762,8 @@ void acpi_sysfs_add_hotplug_profile(struct acpi_hotplug_profile *hotplug,
 	if (!hotplug_kobj)
 		goto err_out;
 
-	kobject_init(&hotplug->kobj, &acpi_hotplug_profile_ktype);
-
-	error = kobject_add(&hotplug->kobj, hotplug_kobj, "%s", name);
+	error = kobject_init_and_add(&hotplug->kobj,
+		&acpi_hotplug_profile_ktype, hotplug_kobj, "%s", name);
 	if (error)
 		goto err_out;