diff --git a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
index ef23c1c33eb2..4d725d1fd61a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ void dev_coredumpm(struct device *dev, struct module *owner,
 	devcd->devcd_dev.class = &devcd_class;
 
 	mutex_lock(&devcd->mutex);
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(&devcd->devcd_dev, true);
 	if (device_add(&devcd->devcd_dev))
 		goto put_device;
 
@@ -378,6 +379,8 @@ void dev_coredumpm(struct device *dev, struct module *owner,
 			      "devcoredump"))
 		/* nothing - symlink will be missing */;
 
+	dev_set_uevent_suppress(&devcd->devcd_dev, false);
+	kobject_uevent(&devcd->devcd_dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&devcd->del_wk, devcd_del);
 	schedule_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk, DEVCD_TIMEOUT);
 	mutex_unlock(&devcd->mutex);