diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 4195364f9fdd..9db57afcf81f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -615,6 +615,39 @@ void device_remove_bin_file(struct device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_remove_bin_file);
 
+/**
+ * device_schedule_callback_owner - helper to schedule a callback for a device
+ * @dev: device.
+ * @func: callback function to invoke later.
+ * @owner: module owning the callback routine
+ *
+ * Attribute methods must not unregister themselves or their parent device
+ * (which would amount to the same thing).  Attempts to do so will deadlock,
+ * since unregistration is mutually exclusive with driver callbacks.
+ *
+ * Instead methods can call this routine, which will attempt to allocate
+ * and schedule a workqueue request to call back @func with @dev as its
+ * argument in the workqueue's process context.  @dev will be pinned until
+ * @func returns.
+ *
+ * This routine is usually called via the inline device_schedule_callback(),
+ * which automatically sets @owner to THIS_MODULE.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the request was submitted, -ENOMEM if storage could not
+ * be allocated, -ENODEV if a reference to @owner isn't available.
+ *
+ * NOTE: This routine won't work if CONFIG_SYSFS isn't set!  It uses an
+ * underlying sysfs routine (since it is intended for use by attribute
+ * methods), and if sysfs isn't available you'll get nothing but -ENOSYS.
+ */
+int device_schedule_callback_owner(struct device *dev,
+		void (*func)(struct device *), struct module *owner)
+{
+	return sysfs_schedule_callback(&dev->kobj,
+			(void (*)(void *)) func, dev, owner);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_schedule_callback_owner);
+
 static void klist_children_get(struct klist_node *n)
 {
 	struct device_private *p = to_device_private_parent(n);
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index 28cc1acd5439..1b8b91b67fdb 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -453,3 +453,95 @@ void sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject *kobj,
 	kernfs_remove_by_name(kobj->sd, attr->attr.name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_remove_bin_file);
+
+struct sysfs_schedule_callback_struct {
+	struct list_head	workq_list;
+	struct kobject		*kobj;
+	void			(*func)(void *);
+	void			*data;
+	struct module		*owner;
+	struct work_struct	work;
+};
+
+static struct workqueue_struct *sysfs_workqueue;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(sysfs_workq_mutex);
+static LIST_HEAD(sysfs_workq);
+static void sysfs_schedule_callback_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct sysfs_schedule_callback_struct *ss = container_of(work,
+			struct sysfs_schedule_callback_struct, work);
+
+	(ss->func)(ss->data);
+	kobject_put(ss->kobj);
+	module_put(ss->owner);
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_workq_mutex);
+	list_del(&ss->workq_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_workq_mutex);
+	kfree(ss);
+}
+
+/**
+ * sysfs_schedule_callback - helper to schedule a callback for a kobject
+ * @kobj: object we're acting for.
+ * @func: callback function to invoke later.
+ * @data: argument to pass to @func.
+ * @owner: module owning the callback code
+ *
+ * sysfs attribute methods must not unregister themselves or their parent
+ * kobject (which would amount to the same thing).  Attempts to do so will
+ * deadlock, since unregistration is mutually exclusive with driver
+ * callbacks.
+ *
+ * Instead methods can call this routine, which will attempt to allocate
+ * and schedule a workqueue request to call back @func with @data as its
+ * argument in the workqueue's process context.  @kobj will be pinned
+ * until @func returns.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 if the request was submitted, -ENOMEM if storage could not
+ * be allocated, -ENODEV if a reference to @owner isn't available,
+ * -EAGAIN if a callback has already been scheduled for @kobj.
+ */
+int sysfs_schedule_callback(struct kobject *kobj, void (*func)(void *),
+		void *data, struct module *owner)
+{
+	struct sysfs_schedule_callback_struct *ss, *tmp;
+
+	if (!try_module_get(owner))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_workq_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(ss, tmp, &sysfs_workq, workq_list)
+		if (ss->kobj == kobj) {
+			module_put(owner);
+			mutex_unlock(&sysfs_workq_mutex);
+			return -EAGAIN;
+		}
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_workq_mutex);
+
+	if (sysfs_workqueue == NULL) {
+		sysfs_workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("sysfsd");
+		if (sysfs_workqueue == NULL) {
+			module_put(owner);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ss = kmalloc(sizeof(*ss), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ss) {
+		module_put(owner);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	kobject_get(kobj);
+	ss->kobj = kobj;
+	ss->func = func;
+	ss->data = data;
+	ss->owner = owner;
+	INIT_WORK(&ss->work, sysfs_schedule_callback_work);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ss->workq_list);
+	mutex_lock(&sysfs_workq_mutex);
+	list_add_tail(&ss->workq_list, &sysfs_workq);
+	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_workq_mutex);
+	queue_work(sysfs_workqueue, &ss->work);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_schedule_callback);
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index fb1ba13f7665..1ff3f1697513 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -566,6 +566,12 @@ extern int __must_check device_create_bin_file(struct device *dev,
 					const struct bin_attribute *attr);
 extern void device_remove_bin_file(struct device *dev,
 				   const struct bin_attribute *attr);
+extern int device_schedule_callback_owner(struct device *dev,
+		void (*func)(struct device *dev), struct module *owner);
+
+/* This is a macro to avoid include problems with THIS_MODULE */
+#define device_schedule_callback(dev, func)			\
+	device_schedule_callback_owner(dev, func, THIS_MODULE)
 
 /* device resource management */
 typedef void (*dr_release_t)(struct device *dev, void *res);
@@ -925,7 +931,10 @@ extern int device_online(struct device *dev);
 extern struct device *__root_device_register(const char *name,
 					     struct module *owner);
 
-/* This is a macro to avoid include problems with THIS_MODULE */
+/*
+ * This is a macro to avoid include problems with THIS_MODULE,
+ * just as per what is done for device_schedule_callback() above.
+ */
 #define root_device_register(name) \
 	__root_device_register(name, THIS_MODULE)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 14df05415af9..bd96c603ab6c 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ struct sysfs_ops {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 
+int sysfs_schedule_callback(struct kobject *kobj, void (*func)(void *),
+			    void *data, struct module *owner);
+
 int __must_check sysfs_create_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const void *ns);
 void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject *kobj);
 int __must_check sysfs_rename_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name,
@@ -246,6 +249,12 @@ int __must_check sysfs_init(void);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
 
+static inline int sysfs_schedule_callback(struct kobject *kobj,
+		void (*func)(void *), void *data, struct module *owner)
+{
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
 static inline int sysfs_create_dir_ns(struct kobject *kobj, const void *ns)
 {
 	return 0;