diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a179743e63b5..62953de27b35 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b62b8ef906cdf7115af579ce7378886ce3e0ce00
+refs/heads/master: 9f1eb99c757939b0b1783f926130993e9c298bae
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/trunk/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
index 1c0008edccda..feddc8ed870a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_device *device)
 	int result = 0;
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
 	struct acpi_processor *pr;
-
+	struct sys_device *sysdev;
 
 	pr = acpi_driver_data(device);
 
@@ -652,6 +652,10 @@ static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_device *device)
 	if (result)
 		goto end;
 
+	sysdev = get_cpu_sysdev(pr->id);
+	if (sysfs_create_link(&device->dev.kobj, &sysdev->kobj, "sysdev"))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
 	status = acpi_install_notify_handler(pr->handle, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
 					     acpi_processor_notify, pr);
 
@@ -810,6 +814,8 @@ static int acpi_processor_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
 	status = acpi_remove_notify_handler(pr->handle, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
 					    acpi_processor_notify);
 
+	sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev.kobj, "sysdev");
+
 	acpi_processor_remove_fs(device);
 
 	if (pr->cdev) {