diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
index 9d7bc9f6b6cc..90719d125e74 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	thermal_cooling_device_unregister(pr->cdev);
 err_power_exit:
 	acpi_processor_power_exit(pr, device);
+	sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev.kobj, "sysdev");
 err_free_cpumask:
 	free_cpumask_var(pr->throttling.shared_cpu_map);