diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/topology.c
index c4311e3..a2484fc 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/topology.c
@@ -366,10 +366,9 @@
 					      "index%1lu", i);
 		if (unlikely(retval)) {
 			for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
-				kobject_unregister(
-					&(LEAF_KOBJECT_PTR(cpu,j)->kobj));
+				kobject_put(&(LEAF_KOBJECT_PTR(cpu,j)->kobj));
 			}
-			kobject_unregister(&all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].kobj);
+			kobject_put(&all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].kobj);
 			cpu_cache_sysfs_exit(cpu);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -386,10 +385,10 @@
 	unsigned long i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].num_cache_leaves; i++)
-		kobject_unregister(&(LEAF_KOBJECT_PTR(cpu,i)->kobj));
+		kobject_put(&(LEAF_KOBJECT_PTR(cpu,i)->kobj));
 
 	if (all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].kobj.parent) {
-		kobject_unregister(&all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].kobj);
+		kobject_put(&all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].kobj);
 		memset(&all_cpu_cache_info[cpu].kobj,
 			0,
 			sizeof(struct kobject));