diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
index c1fb255a60d6..949957b97ead 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
@@ -710,6 +710,10 @@ static int register_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	struct device_attribute *attrs, *pmc_attrs;
 	int i, nattrs;
 
+	/* For cpus present at boot a reference was already grabbed in register_cpu() */
+	if (!s->of_node)
+		s->of_node = of_get_cpu_node(cpu, NULL);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SMT))
 		device_create_file(s, &dev_attr_smt_snooze_delay);
@@ -864,6 +868,8 @@ static int unregister_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	}
 #endif
 	cacheinfo_cpu_offline(cpu);
+	of_node_put(s->of_node);
+	s->of_node = NULL;
 #endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 	return 0;
 }