diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index bb3d96dea6dbac27e01a571f817465ef1e73f8ff..99d820a693a8cfee517690f8a5eca9a4987cbf56 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,6 @@ static int __init acpi_init(void)
 		acpi_kobj = NULL;
 	}
 
-	init_acpi_device_notify();
 	result = acpi_bus_init();
 	if (result) {
 		disable_acpi();
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/glue.c b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
index 12ba2bee8789b3d5d562e8e0736409886f70c282..edd10b3c7ec8275ec6fcb0161dfe7ed05e27a8a2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/glue.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int acpi_unbind_one(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_unbind_one);
 
-static int acpi_platform_notify(struct device *dev)
+static int acpi_device_notify(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct acpi_bus_type *type = acpi_get_bus_type(dev);
 	struct acpi_device *adev;
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static int acpi_platform_notify(struct device *dev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int acpi_platform_notify_remove(struct device *dev)
+static int acpi_device_notify_remove(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct acpi_device *adev = ACPI_COMPANION(dev);
 	struct acpi_bus_type *type;
@@ -361,12 +361,17 @@ static int acpi_platform_notify_remove(struct device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void __init init_acpi_device_notify(void)
+int acpi_platform_notify(struct device *dev, enum kobject_action action)
 {
-	if (platform_notify || platform_notify_remove) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Can't use platform_notify\n");
-		return;
+	switch (action) {
+	case KOBJ_ADD:
+		acpi_device_notify(dev);
+		break;
+	case KOBJ_REMOVE:
+		acpi_device_notify_remove(dev);
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
 	}
-	platform_notify = acpi_platform_notify;
-	platform_notify_remove = acpi_platform_notify_remove;
+	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index 530a3f67549049c1600ccb2ac9af26a683a7099a..83a7dfb7d1cf7165fe77882f7c5c5209a4969d93 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 int early_acpi_osi_init(void);
 int acpi_osi_init(void);
 acpi_status acpi_os_initialize1(void);
-void init_acpi_device_notify(void);
 int acpi_scan_init(void);
 void acpi_pci_root_init(void);
 void acpi_pci_link_init(void);
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 3972ef3f080bdec3bb82688f35daa48b6d0df4c9..260cbdf44f1dbf5c558d16240277d49e480b4148 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2006 Novell, Inc.
  */
 
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/fwnode.h>
@@ -731,6 +732,12 @@ static inline int device_is_not_partition(struct device *dev)
 static int
 device_platform_notify(struct device *dev, enum kobject_action action)
 {
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = acpi_platform_notify(dev, action);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (platform_notify && action == KOBJ_ADD)
 		platform_notify(dev);
 	else if (platform_notify_remove && action == KOBJ_REMOVE)
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index ed80f147bd5089739a33651e8ac97b53fecc2a65..4ba2e2d24676e34eaf2f8598091100d38ac1ebfc 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -1313,4 +1313,14 @@ static inline int find_acpi_cpu_cache_topology(unsigned int cpu, int level)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+extern int acpi_platform_notify(struct device *dev, enum kobject_action action);
+#else
+static inline int
+acpi_platform_notify(struct device *dev, enum kobject_action action)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif	/*_LINUX_ACPI_H*/