};
 
 struct threshold_bank {
-       struct kobject kobj;
+       struct kobject *kobj;
        struct threshold_block *blocks;
        cpumask_t cpus;
 };
                per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->blocks = b;
 
        kobject_set_name(&b->kobj, "misc%i", block);
-       b->kobj.parent = &per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->kobj;
+       b->kobj.parent = per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->kobj;
        b->kobj.ktype = &threshold_ktype;
        err = kobject_register(&b->kobj);
        if (err)
                        goto out;
 
                err = sysfs_create_link(&per_cpu(device_mce, cpu).kobj,
-                                       &b->kobj, name);
+                                       b->kobj, name);
                if (err)
                        goto out;
 
                goto out;
        }
 
-       kobject_set_name(&b->kobj, "threshold_bank%i", bank);
-       b->kobj.parent = &per_cpu(device_mce, cpu).kobj;
+       b->kobj = kobject_create_and_add(name, &per_cpu(device_mce, cpu).kobj);
+       if (!b->kobj)
+               goto out_free;
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
        b->cpus = CPU_MASK_ALL;
 #else
        b->cpus = per_cpu(cpu_core_map, cpu);
 #endif
-       err = kobject_register(&b->kobj);
-       if (err)
-               goto out_free;
 
        per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank] = b;
 
                        continue;
 
                err = sysfs_create_link(&per_cpu(device_mce, i).kobj,
-                                       &b->kobj, name);
+                                       b->kobj, name);
                if (err)
                        goto out;
 
        deallocate_threshold_block(cpu, bank);
 
 free_out:
-       kobject_unregister(&b->kobj);
+       kobject_unregister(b->kobj);
        kfree(b);
        per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank] = NULL;
 }