diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index cf925c4..8445d57 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -132,6 +132,21 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_bus_private_data_handler);
 
+int acpi_bus_attach_private_data(acpi_handle handle, void *data)
+{
+	acpi_status status;
+
+	status = acpi_attach_data(handle,
+			acpi_bus_private_data_handler, data);
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		acpi_handle_debug(handle, "Error attaching device data\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bus_attach_private_data);
+
 int acpi_bus_get_private_data(acpi_handle handle, void **data)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
@@ -140,15 +155,20 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	status = acpi_get_data(handle, acpi_bus_private_data_handler, data);
-	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !*data) {
-		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "No context for object [%p]\n",
-				handle));
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+		acpi_handle_debug(handle, "No context for object\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_bus_get_private_data);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bus_get_private_data);
+
+void acpi_bus_detach_private_data(acpi_handle handle)
+{
+	acpi_detach_data(handle, acpi_bus_private_data_handler);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bus_detach_private_data);
 
 void acpi_bus_no_hotplug(acpi_handle handle)
 {