diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
index 828653790b76..1cf34fcc3a8e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/amd.c
@@ -1161,9 +1161,12 @@ static const struct sysfs_ops threshold_ops = {
 	.store			= store,
 };
 
+static void threshold_block_release(struct kobject *kobj);
+
 static struct kobj_type threshold_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops		= &threshold_ops,
 	.default_attrs		= default_attrs,
+	.release		= threshold_block_release,
 };
 
 static const char *get_name(unsigned int bank, struct threshold_block *b)
@@ -1365,8 +1368,12 @@ static int threshold_create_bank(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void deallocate_threshold_block(unsigned int cpu,
-						 unsigned int bank)
+static void threshold_block_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+	kfree(to_block(kobj));
+}
+
+static void deallocate_threshold_block(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank)
 {
 	struct threshold_block *pos = NULL;
 	struct threshold_block *tmp = NULL;
@@ -1376,13 +1383,11 @@ static void deallocate_threshold_block(unsigned int cpu,
 		return;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, tmp, &head->blocks->miscj, miscj) {
-		kobject_put(&pos->kobj);
 		list_del(&pos->miscj);
-		kfree(pos);
+		kobject_put(&pos->kobj);
 	}
 
-	kfree(per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->blocks);
-	per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank]->blocks = NULL;
+	kobject_put(&head->blocks->kobj);
 }
 
 static void __threshold_remove_blocks(struct threshold_bank *b)