#define ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_PERFORMANCE 0x80
 #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_POWER    0x81
 #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_THROTTLING       0x82
+#define ACPI_PROCESSOR_DEVICE_HID      "ACPI0007"
 
 #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_LIMIT_USER      0
 #define ACPI_PROCESSOR_LIMIT_THERMAL   1
 
 static const struct acpi_device_id processor_device_ids[] = {
        {ACPI_PROCESSOR_OBJECT_HID, 0},
-       {"ACPI0007", 0},
+       {ACPI_PROCESSOR_DEVICE_HID, 0},
        {"", 0},
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, processor_device_ids);
        return;
 }
 
+static acpi_status is_processor_device(acpi_handle handle)
+{
+       struct acpi_device_info *info;
+       char *hid;
+       acpi_status status;
+
+       status = acpi_get_object_info(handle, &info);
+       if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+               return status;
+
+       if (info->type == ACPI_TYPE_PROCESSOR) {
+               kfree(info);
+               return AE_OK;   /* found a processor object */
+       }
+
+       if (!(info->valid & ACPI_VALID_HID)) {
+               kfree(info);
+               return AE_ERROR;
+       }
+
+       hid = info->hardware_id.string;
+       if ((hid == NULL) || strcmp(hid, ACPI_PROCESSOR_DEVICE_HID)) {
+               kfree(info);
+               return AE_ERROR;
+       }
+
+       kfree(info);
+       return AE_OK;   /* found a processor device object */
+}
+
 static acpi_status
 processor_walk_namespace_cb(acpi_handle handle,
                            u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv)
 {
        acpi_status status;
        int *action = context;
-       acpi_object_type type = 0;
 
-       status = acpi_get_type(handle, &type);
+       status = is_processor_device(handle);
        if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
-               return (AE_OK);
-
-       if (type != ACPI_TYPE_PROCESSOR)
-               return (AE_OK);
+               return AE_OK;   /* not a processor; continue to walk */
 
        switch (*action) {
        case INSTALL_NOTIFY_HANDLER:
                break;
        }
 
-       return (AE_OK);
+       /* found a processor; skip walking underneath */
+       return AE_CTRL_DEPTH;
 }
 
 static acpi_status acpi_processor_hotadd_init(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
        int action = INSTALL_NOTIFY_HANDLER;
-       acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_PROCESSOR,
+       acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_ANY,
                            ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
                            ACPI_UINT32_MAX,
                            processor_walk_namespace_cb, NULL, &action, NULL);
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
        int action = UNINSTALL_NOTIFY_HANDLER;
-       acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_PROCESSOR,
+       acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_ANY,
                            ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
                            ACPI_UINT32_MAX,
                            processor_walk_namespace_cb, NULL, &action, NULL);