diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 95a2a06acc6a..162425cb9739 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select GENERIC_ARCH_TOPOLOGY
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if SMP
+	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
 	select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP
 	select GENERIC_ENTRY
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY if HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
index 535a837de55d..b3a0aa2b78d5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ atomic_t hart_lottery __section(".sdata")
 #endif
 ;
 unsigned long boot_cpu_hartid;
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu, cpu_devices);
 
 /*
  * Place kernel memory regions on the resource tree so that
@@ -299,23 +298,13 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	riscv_user_isa_enable();
 }
 
-static int __init topology_init(void)
+int arch_register_cpu(int cpu)
 {
-	int i, ret;
+	struct cpu *c = &per_cpu(cpu_devices, cpu);
 
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		struct cpu *cpu = &per_cpu(cpu_devices, i);
-
-		cpu->hotpluggable = cpu_has_hotplug(i);
-		ret = register_cpu(cpu, i);
-		if (unlikely(ret))
-			pr_warn("Warning: %s: register_cpu %d failed (%d)\n",
-			       __func__, i, ret);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	c->hotpluggable = cpu_has_hotplug(cpu);
+	return register_cpu(c, cpu);
 }
-subsys_initcall(topology_init);
 
 void free_initmem(void)
 {