diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 0e71dff3..b1ea4df 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -456,6 +456,35 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static int class_device_add_groups(struct class_device * cd)
+{
+	int i;
+	int error = 0;
+
+	if (cd->groups) {
+		for (i = 0; cd->groups[i]; i++) {
+			error = sysfs_create_group(&cd->kobj, cd->groups[i]);
+			if (error) {
+				while (--i >= 0)
+					sysfs_remove_group(&cd->kobj, cd->groups[i]);
+				goto out;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	return error;
+}
+
+static void class_device_remove_groups(struct class_device * cd)
+{
+	int i;
+	if (cd->groups) {
+		for (i = 0; cd->groups[i]; i++) {
+			sysfs_remove_group(&cd->kobj, cd->groups[i]);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static ssize_t show_dev(struct class_device *class_dev, char *buf)
 {
 	return print_dev_t(buf, class_dev->devt);
@@ -559,6 +588,8 @@
 				  class_name);
 	}
 
+	class_device_add_groups(class_dev);
+
 	kobject_uevent(&class_dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
 	/* notify any interfaces this device is now here */
@@ -672,6 +703,7 @@
 	if (class_dev->devt_attr)
 		class_device_remove_file(class_dev, class_dev->devt_attr);
 	class_device_remove_attrs(class_dev);
+	class_device_remove_groups(class_dev);
 
 	kobject_uevent(&class_dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
 	kobject_del(&class_dev->kobj);