diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 9b9acc39a1eb6b16054af404c3406df3d6010151..41414113b9f0530c3dc6346a5f8cc6f0a93b0387 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ struct node node_devices[MAX_NUMNODES];
  */
 int register_cpu_under_node(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int nid)
 {
+	int ret;
 	struct sys_device *obj;
 
 	if (!node_online(nid))
@@ -280,9 +281,15 @@ int register_cpu_under_node(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int nid)
 	if (!obj)
 		return 0;
 
-	return sysfs_create_link(&node_devices[nid].sysdev.kobj,
+	ret = sysfs_create_link(&node_devices[nid].sysdev.kobj,
 				&obj->kobj,
 				kobject_name(&obj->kobj));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return sysfs_create_link(&obj->kobj,
+				 &node_devices[nid].sysdev.kobj,
+				 kobject_name(&node_devices[nid].sysdev.kobj));
 }
 
 int unregister_cpu_under_node(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int nid)
@@ -298,6 +305,8 @@ int unregister_cpu_under_node(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int nid)
 
 	sysfs_remove_link(&node_devices[nid].sysdev.kobj,
 			  kobject_name(&obj->kobj));
+	sysfs_remove_link(&obj->kobj,
+			  kobject_name(&node_devices[nid].sysdev.kobj));
 
 	return 0;
 }