diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 7b071a00425d..84bce830e365 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
+	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES
 	select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP
 	select GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpu.h
index f3034099fd95..b1e43f56ee46 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ struct cpuinfo_32bit {
 };
 
 struct cpuinfo_arm64 {
-	struct cpu	cpu;
 	struct kobject	kobj;
 	u64		reg_ctr;
 	u64		reg_cntfrq;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index 417a8a86b2db..165bd2c0dd5a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -402,19 +402,14 @@ static inline bool cpu_can_disable(unsigned int cpu)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static int __init topology_init(void)
+int arch_register_cpu(int num)
 {
-	int i;
+	struct cpu *cpu = &per_cpu(cpu_devices, num);
 
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		struct cpu *cpu = &per_cpu(cpu_data.cpu, i);
-		cpu->hotpluggable = cpu_can_disable(i);
-		register_cpu(cpu, i);
-	}
+	cpu->hotpluggable = cpu_can_disable(num);
 
-	return 0;
+	return register_cpu(cpu, num);
 }
-subsys_initcall(topology_init);
 
 static void dump_kernel_offset(void)
 {