diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 636058bbf48a3d902dc7d7f64b902d6e31abf5c3..1669d41fcddccde2cfbb35f1ccc7be37ef0b3dc0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1823,12 +1823,63 @@ static inline struct kobject *get_glue_dir(struct device *dev)
  */
 static void cleanup_glue_dir(struct device *dev, struct kobject *glue_dir)
 {
+	unsigned int ref;
+
 	/* see if we live in a "glue" directory */
 	if (!live_in_glue_dir(glue_dir, dev))
 		return;
 
 	mutex_lock(&gdp_mutex);
-	if (!kobject_has_children(glue_dir))
+	/**
+	 * There is a race condition between removing glue directory
+	 * and adding a new device under the glue directory.
+	 *
+	 * CPU1:                                         CPU2:
+	 *
+	 * device_add()
+	 *   get_device_parent()
+	 *     class_dir_create_and_add()
+	 *       kobject_add_internal()
+	 *         create_dir()    // create glue_dir
+	 *
+	 *                                               device_add()
+	 *                                                 get_device_parent()
+	 *                                                   kobject_get() // get glue_dir
+	 *
+	 * device_del()
+	 *   cleanup_glue_dir()
+	 *     kobject_del(glue_dir)
+	 *
+	 *                                               kobject_add()
+	 *                                                 kobject_add_internal()
+	 *                                                   create_dir() // in glue_dir
+	 *                                                     sysfs_create_dir_ns()
+	 *                                                       kernfs_create_dir_ns(sd)
+	 *
+	 *       sysfs_remove_dir() // glue_dir->sd=NULL
+	 *       sysfs_put()        // free glue_dir->sd
+	 *
+	 *                                                         // sd is freed
+	 *                                                         kernfs_new_node(sd)
+	 *                                                           kernfs_get(glue_dir)
+	 *                                                           kernfs_add_one()
+	 *                                                           kernfs_put()
+	 *
+	 * Before CPU1 remove last child device under glue dir, if CPU2 add
+	 * a new device under glue dir, the glue_dir kobject reference count
+	 * will be increase to 2 in kobject_get(k). And CPU2 has been called
+	 * kernfs_create_dir_ns(). Meanwhile, CPU1 call sysfs_remove_dir()
+	 * and sysfs_put(). This result in glue_dir->sd is freed.
+	 *
+	 * Then the CPU2 will see a stale "empty" but still potentially used
+	 * glue dir around in kernfs_new_node().
+	 *
+	 * In order to avoid this happening, we also should make sure that
+	 * kernfs_node for glue_dir is released in CPU1 only when refcount
+	 * for glue_dir kobj is 1.
+	 */
+	ref = kref_read(&glue_dir->kref);
+	if (!kobject_has_children(glue_dir) && !--ref)
 		kobject_del(glue_dir);
 	kobject_put(glue_dir);
 	mutex_unlock(&gdp_mutex);
diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 506a0175a5a781cf297cc0153038dc4aa9b48d86..ec974ba9c0c4ca93a3b1cfcaf541c6e4a4a3bd9c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -157,8 +157,13 @@ int platform_get_irq(struct platform_device *dev, unsigned int num)
 	 * the device will only expose one IRQ, and this fallback
 	 * allows a common code path across either kind of resource.
 	 */
-	if (num == 0 && has_acpi_companion(&dev->dev))
-		return acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get(ACPI_COMPANION(&dev->dev), num);
+	if (num == 0 && has_acpi_companion(&dev->dev)) {
+		int ret = acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get(ACPI_COMPANION(&dev->dev), num);
+
+		/* Our callers expect -ENXIO for missing IRQs. */
+		if (ret >= 0 || ret == -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	return -ENXIO;
 #endif