if (unlikely(retval < 0))
                return retval;
 
-       cache_kobject[cpu]->parent = &sys_dev->kobj;
-       kobject_set_name(cache_kobject[cpu], "%s", "cache");
-       cache_kobject[cpu]->ktype = &ktype_percpu_entry;
-       retval = kobject_register(cache_kobject[cpu]);
+       retval = kobject_init_and_add(cache_kobject[cpu], &ktype_percpu_entry,
+                                     &sys_dev->kobj, "%s", "cache");
        if (retval < 0) {
                cpuid4_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
                return retval;
                this_object = INDEX_KOBJECT_PTR(cpu,i);
                this_object->cpu = cpu;
                this_object->index = i;
-               this_object->kobj.parent = cache_kobject[cpu];
-               kobject_set_name(&(this_object->kobj), "index%1lu", i);
-               this_object->kobj.ktype = &ktype_cache;
-               retval = kobject_register(&(this_object->kobj));
+               retval = kobject_init_and_add(&(this_object->kobj),
+                                             &ktype_cache, cache_kobject[cpu],
+                                             "index%1lu", i);
                if (unlikely(retval)) {
                        for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
                                kobject_unregister(
                        cpuid4_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
                        break;
                }
+               kobject_uevent(&(this_object->kobj), KOBJ_ADD);
        }
        if (!retval)
                cpu_set(cpu, cache_dev_map);
 
+       kobject_uevent(cache_kobject[cpu], KOBJ_ADD);
        return retval;
 }