diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index db87e78d7459..4dabf5077c48 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -208,6 +208,25 @@ static ssize_t print_cpus_offline(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(offline, 0444, print_cpus_offline, NULL);
 
+static void cpu_device_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This is an empty function to prevent the driver core from spitting a
+	 * warning at us.  Yes, I know this is directly opposite of what the
+	 * documentation for the driver core and kobjects say, and the author
+	 * of this code has already been publically ridiculed for doing
+	 * something as foolish as this.  However, at this point in time, it is
+	 * the only way to handle the issue of statically allocated cpu
+	 * devices.  The different architectures will have their cpu device
+	 * code reworked to properly handle this in the near future, so this
+	 * function will then be changed to correctly free up the memory held
+	 * by the cpu device.
+	 *
+	 * Never copy this way of doing things, or you too will be made fun of
+	 * on the linux-kerenl list, you have been warned.
+	 */
+}
+
 /*
  * register_cpu - Setup a sysfs device for a CPU.
  * @cpu - cpu->hotpluggable field set to 1 will generate a control file in
@@ -221,8 +240,10 @@ int __cpuinit register_cpu(struct cpu *cpu, int num)
 	int error;
 
 	cpu->node_id = cpu_to_node(num);
+	memset(&cpu->dev, 0x00, sizeof(struct device));
 	cpu->dev.id = num;
 	cpu->dev.bus = &cpu_subsys;
+	cpu->dev.release = cpu_device_release;
 	error = device_register(&cpu->dev);
 	if (!error && cpu->hotpluggable)
 		register_cpu_control(cpu);
diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index ed5de58c340f..9e60dbe9fd94 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -572,19 +572,36 @@ static int init_memory_block(struct memory_block **memory,
 }
 
 static int add_memory_section(int nid, struct mem_section *section,
+			struct memory_block **mem_p,
 			unsigned long state, enum mem_add_context context)
 {
-	struct memory_block *mem;
+	struct memory_block *mem = NULL;
+	int scn_nr = __section_nr(section);
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mem_sysfs_mutex);
 
-	mem = find_memory_block(section);
+	if (context == BOOT) {
+		/* same memory block ? */
+		if (mem_p && *mem_p)
+			if (scn_nr >= (*mem_p)->start_section_nr &&
+			    scn_nr <= (*mem_p)->end_section_nr) {
+				mem = *mem_p;
+				kobject_get(&mem->dev.kobj);
+			}
+	} else
+		mem = find_memory_block(section);
+
 	if (mem) {
 		mem->section_count++;
 		kobject_put(&mem->dev.kobj);
-	} else
+	} else {
 		ret = init_memory_block(&mem, section, state);
+		/* store memory_block pointer for next loop */
+		if (!ret && context == BOOT)
+			if (mem_p)
+				*mem_p = mem;
+	}
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		if (context == HOTPLUG &&
@@ -627,7 +644,7 @@ int remove_memory_block(unsigned long node_id, struct mem_section *section,
  */
 int register_new_memory(int nid, struct mem_section *section)
 {
-	return add_memory_section(nid, section, MEM_OFFLINE, HOTPLUG);
+	return add_memory_section(nid, section, NULL, MEM_OFFLINE, HOTPLUG);
 }
 
 int unregister_memory_section(struct mem_section *section)
@@ -647,6 +664,7 @@ int __init memory_dev_init(void)
 	int ret;
 	int err;
 	unsigned long block_sz;
+	struct memory_block *mem = NULL;
 
 	ret = subsys_system_register(&memory_subsys, NULL);
 	if (ret)
@@ -662,7 +680,10 @@ int __init memory_dev_init(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_MEM_SECTIONS; i++) {
 		if (!present_section_nr(i))
 			continue;
-		err = add_memory_section(0, __nr_to_section(i), MEM_ONLINE,
+		/* don't need to reuse memory_block if only one per block */
+		err = add_memory_section(0, __nr_to_section(i),
+				 (sections_per_block == 1) ? NULL : &mem,
+					 MEM_ONLINE,
 					 BOOT);
 		if (!ret)
 			ret = err;
diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 44f427a66117..90aa2a11a933 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -456,7 +456,15 @@ static int link_mem_sections(int nid)
 		if (!present_section_nr(section_nr))
 			continue;
 		mem_sect = __nr_to_section(section_nr);
+
+		/* same memblock ? */
+		if (mem_blk)
+			if ((section_nr >= mem_blk->start_section_nr) &&
+			    (section_nr <= mem_blk->end_section_nr))
+				continue;
+
 		mem_blk = find_memory_block_hinted(mem_sect, mem_blk);
+
 		ret = register_mem_sect_under_node(mem_blk, nid);
 		if (!err)
 			err = ret;