diff --git a/drivers/acpi/container.c b/drivers/acpi/container.c
index 83d232c..0b6ae6e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/container.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/container.c
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  */
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
-
-#include "internal.h"
+#include <linux/container.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -44,16 +43,56 @@
 	{"", 0},
 };
 
+static int acpi_container_offline(struct container_dev *cdev)
+{
+	struct acpi_device *adev = ACPI_COMPANION(&cdev->dev);
+	struct acpi_device *child;
+
+	/* Check all of the dependent devices' physical companions. */
+	list_for_each_entry(child, &adev->children, node)
+		if (!acpi_scan_is_offline(child, false))
+			return -EBUSY;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void acpi_container_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	kfree(to_container_dev(dev));
+}
+
 static int container_device_attach(struct acpi_device *adev,
 				   const struct acpi_device_id *not_used)
 {
-	kobject_uevent(&adev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ONLINE);
+	struct container_dev *cdev;
+	struct device *dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	cdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!cdev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	cdev->offline = acpi_container_offline;
+	dev = &cdev->dev;
+	dev->bus = &container_subsys;
+	dev_set_name(dev, "%s", dev_name(&adev->dev));
+	ACPI_COMPANION_SET(dev, adev);
+	dev->release = acpi_container_release;
+	ret = device_register(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	adev->driver_data = dev;
 	return 1;
 }
 
 static void container_device_detach(struct acpi_device *adev)
 {
-	kobject_uevent(&adev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_OFFLINE);
+	struct device *dev = acpi_driver_data(adev);
+
+	adev->driver_data = NULL;
+	if (dev)
+		device_unregister(dev);
 }
 
 static struct acpi_scan_handler container_handler = {
@@ -62,6 +101,7 @@
 	.detach = container_device_detach,
 	.hotplug = {
 		.enabled = true,
+		.demand_offline = true,
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index b125fdb..3375129 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #endif
 
 bool acpi_queue_hotplug_work(struct work_struct *work);
+bool acpi_scan_is_offline(struct acpi_device *adev, bool uevent);
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Device Node Initialization / Removal
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index 65243b9..32b3401 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(modalias, 0444, acpi_device_modalias_show, NULL);
 
-static bool acpi_scan_is_offline(struct acpi_device *adev)
+bool acpi_scan_is_offline(struct acpi_device *adev, bool uevent)
 {
 	struct acpi_device_physical_node *pn;
 	bool offline = true;
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@
 
 	list_for_each_entry(pn, &adev->physical_node_list, node)
 		if (device_supports_offline(pn->dev) && !pn->dev->offline) {
-			kobject_uevent(&pn->dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+			if (uevent)
+				kobject_uevent(&pn->dev->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+
 			offline = false;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -267,7 +269,7 @@
 	acpi_status status;
 
 	if (device->handler->hotplug.demand_offline && !acpi_force_hot_remove) {
-		if (!acpi_scan_is_offline(device))
+		if (!acpi_scan_is_offline(device, true))
 			return -EBUSY;
 	} else {
 		int error = acpi_scan_try_to_offline(device);
diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index 94e8a80..d08c9d3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 			   driver.o class.o platform.o \
 			   cpu.o firmware.o init.o map.o devres.o \
 			   attribute_container.o transport_class.o \
-			   topology.o
+			   topology.o container.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEVTMPFS)	+= devtmpfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_CMA) += dma-contiguous.o
 obj-y			+= power/
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index 2cbc677..24f4242 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 #endif
 extern int platform_bus_init(void);
 extern void cpu_dev_init(void);
+extern void container_dev_init(void);
 
 struct kobject *virtual_device_parent(struct device *dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/container.c b/drivers/base/container.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecbfbe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/container.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * System bus type for containers.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013, Intel Corporation
+ * Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/container.h>
+
+#include "base.h"
+
+#define CONTAINER_BUS_NAME	"container"
+
+static int trivial_online(struct device *dev)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int container_offline(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct container_dev *cdev = to_container_dev(dev);
+
+	return cdev->offline ? cdev->offline(cdev) : 0;
+}
+
+struct bus_type container_subsys = {
+	.name = CONTAINER_BUS_NAME,
+	.dev_name = CONTAINER_BUS_NAME,
+	.online = trivial_online,
+	.offline = container_offline,
+};
+
+void __init container_dev_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = subsys_system_register(&container_subsys, NULL);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("%s() failed: %d\n", __func__, ret);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/base/init.c b/drivers/base/init.c
index c16f0b8..da033d3 100644
--- a/drivers/base/init.c
+++ b/drivers/base/init.c
@@ -33,4 +33,5 @@
 	platform_bus_init();
 	cpu_dev_init();
 	memory_dev_init();
+	container_dev_init();
 }