diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 864cc6e6ac8e..6baa1e66e1bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ config ARCH_HAS_DEFAULT_IDLE
 config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
 	def_bool y
 
+config ARCH_HAS_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+	def_bool y
+
 config HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA
 	def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/match.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/match.c
index 7acc961422e7..940e2d483076 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/match.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/match.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 /**
  * x86_match_cpu - match current CPU again an array of x86_cpu_ids
@@ -46,3 +47,46 @@ const struct x86_cpu_id *x86_match_cpu(const struct x86_cpu_id *match)
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(x86_match_cpu);
+
+ssize_t arch_print_cpu_modalias(struct device *dev,
+				struct device_attribute *attr,
+				char *bufptr)
+{
+	int size = PAGE_SIZE;
+	int i, n;
+	char *buf = bufptr;
+
+	n = snprintf(buf, size, "x86cpu:vendor:%04X:family:%04X:"
+		     "model:%04X:feature:",
+		boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor,
+		boot_cpu_data.x86,
+		boot_cpu_data.x86_model);
+	size -= n;
+	buf += n;
+	size -= 2;
+	for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS*32; i++) {
+		if (boot_cpu_has(i)) {
+			n = snprintf(buf, size, ",%04X", i);
+			if (n < 0) {
+				WARN(1, "x86 features overflow page\n");
+				break;
+			}
+			size -= n;
+			buf += n;
+		}
+	}
+	*buf++ = ',';
+	*buf++ = '\n';
+	return buf - bufptr;
+}
+
+int arch_cpu_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+{
+	char *buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (buf) {
+		arch_print_cpu_modalias(NULL, NULL, buf);
+		add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", buf);
+		kfree(buf);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
index 7c89880eefd0..a524353d93f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/msr.h>
@@ -139,57 +138,13 @@ static const struct file_operations cpuid_fops = {
 	.open = cpuid_open,
 };
 
-static ssize_t print_cpu_modalias(struct device *dev,
-				  struct device_attribute *attr,
-				  char *bufptr)
-{
-	int size = PAGE_SIZE;
-	int i, n;
-	char *buf = bufptr;
-
-	n = snprintf(buf, size, "x86cpu:vendor:%04X:family:"
-		     "%04X:model:%04X:feature:",
-		boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor,
-		boot_cpu_data.x86,
-		boot_cpu_data.x86_model);
-	size -= n;
-	buf += n;
-	size -= 2;
-	for (i = 0; i < NCAPINTS*32; i++) {
-		if (boot_cpu_has(i)) {
-			n = snprintf(buf, size, ",%04X", i);
-			if (n < 0) {
-				WARN(1, "x86 features overflow page\n");
-				break;
-			}
-			size -= n;
-			buf += n;
-		}
-	}
-	*buf++ = ',';
-	*buf++ = '\n';
-	return buf - bufptr;
-}
-
-static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, print_cpu_modalias, NULL);
-
 static __cpuinit int cpuid_device_create(int cpu)
 {
 	struct device *dev;
-	int err;
 
 	dev = device_create(cpuid_class, NULL, MKDEV(CPUID_MAJOR, cpu), NULL,
 			    "cpu%d", cpu);
-	if (IS_ERR(dev))
-		return PTR_ERR(dev);
-
-	err = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_modalias);
-	if (err) {
-		/* keep device around on error. attribute is optional. */
-		err = 0;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return IS_ERR(dev) ? PTR_ERR(dev) : 0;
 }
 
 static void cpuid_device_destroy(int cpu)
@@ -227,17 +182,6 @@ static char *cpuid_devnode(struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
 	return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "cpu/%u/cpuid", MINOR(dev->devt));
 }
 
-static int cpuid_dev_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
-{
-	char *buf = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (buf) {
-		print_cpu_modalias(NULL, NULL, buf);
-		add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s", buf);
-		kfree(buf);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int __init cpuid_init(void)
 {
 	int i, err = 0;
@@ -256,7 +200,6 @@ static int __init cpuid_init(void)
 		goto out_chrdev;
 	}
 	cpuid_class->devnode = cpuid_devnode;
-	cpuid_class->dev_uevent = cpuid_dev_uevent;
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		err = cpuid_device_create(i);
 		if (err != 0)
diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index db87e78d7459..2a0c670c281d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/node.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 
 #include "base.h"
@@ -223,6 +224,9 @@ int __cpuinit register_cpu(struct cpu *cpu, int num)
 	cpu->node_id = cpu_to_node(num);
 	cpu->dev.id = num;
 	cpu->dev.bus = &cpu_subsys;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+	cpu->dev.bus->uevent = arch_cpu_uevent;
+#endif
 	error = device_register(&cpu->dev);
 	if (!error && cpu->hotpluggable)
 		register_cpu_control(cpu);
@@ -247,6 +251,10 @@ struct device *get_cpu_device(unsigned cpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_cpu_device);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, arch_print_cpu_modalias, NULL);
+#endif
+
 static struct attribute *cpu_root_attrs[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
 	&dev_attr_probe.attr,
@@ -257,6 +265,9 @@ static struct attribute *cpu_root_attrs[] = {
 	&cpu_attrs[2].attr.attr,
 	&dev_attr_kernel_max.attr,
 	&dev_attr_offline.attr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+	&dev_attr_modalias.attr,
+#endif
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpu.h b/include/linux/cpu.h
index 1f6587590a1a..6e53b4823d7f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpu.h
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ extern ssize_t arch_cpu_release(const char *, size_t);
 #endif
 struct notifier_block;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+extern int arch_cpu_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env);
+extern ssize_t arch_print_cpu_modalias(struct device *dev,
+				       struct device_attribute *attr,
+				       char *bufptr);
+#endif
+
 /*
  * CPU notifier priorities.
  */