diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 49579b273714..584849c0bb5b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b41148c0d8d2fa0c36cebd9ba3ee4cfc0dc7cb9a
+refs/heads/master: e57cd73e2e844a3da25cc6b420674c81bbe1b387
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
index 4e6cce8e6d35..a7cedd8cefe5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
 	/* notify platform of device entry */
 	if (platform_notify)
 		platform_notify(dev);
+
+	kobject_hotplug(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
  Done:
 	put_device(dev);
 	return error;
@@ -349,6 +351,7 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
 		platform_notify_remove(dev);
 	bus_remove_device(dev);
 	device_pm_remove(dev);
+	kobject_hotplug(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
 	kobject_del(&dev->kobj);
 	if (parent)
 		put_device(parent);