diff --git a/include/linux/percpu_counter.h b/include/linux/percpu_counter.h
index f5aa593ccf32..3d9f70972cdf 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu_counter.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -17,6 +18,9 @@
 struct percpu_counter {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	s64 count;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	struct list_head list;	/* All percpu_counters are on a list */
+#endif
 	s32 *counters;
 };
 
@@ -26,18 +30,8 @@ struct percpu_counter {
 #define FBC_BATCH	(NR_CPUS*4)
 #endif
 
-static inline void percpu_counter_init(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount)
-{
-	spin_lock_init(&fbc->lock);
-	fbc->count = amount;
-	fbc->counters = alloc_percpu(s32);
-}
-
-static inline void percpu_counter_destroy(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
-{
-	free_percpu(fbc->counters);
-}
-
+void percpu_counter_init(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount);
+void percpu_counter_destroy(struct percpu_counter *fbc);
 void percpu_counter_mod(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s32 amount);
 s64 percpu_counter_sum(struct percpu_counter *fbc);
 
diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index 850449080e1c..8901c4e9c2e6 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -3,8 +3,17 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+static LIST_HEAD(percpu_counters);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(percpu_counters_lock);
+#endif
+
 void percpu_counter_mod(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s32 amount)
 {
 	long count;
@@ -44,3 +53,60 @@ s64 percpu_counter_sum(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
 	return ret < 0 ? 0 : ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(percpu_counter_sum);
+
+void percpu_counter_init(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount)
+{
+	spin_lock_init(&fbc->lock);
+	fbc->count = amount;
+	fbc->counters = alloc_percpu(s32);
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	list_add(&fbc->list, &percpu_counters);
+	mutex_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+#endif
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(percpu_counter_init);
+
+void percpu_counter_destroy(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
+{
+	free_percpu(fbc->counters);
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	list_del(&fbc->list);
+	mutex_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+#endif
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(percpu_counter_destroy);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+static int __cpuinit percpu_counter_hotcpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
+					unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
+{
+	unsigned int cpu;
+	struct percpu_counter *fbc;
+
+	if (action != CPU_DEAD)
+		return NOTIFY_OK;
+
+	cpu = (unsigned long)hcpu;
+	mutex_lock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	list_for_each_entry(fbc, &percpu_counters, list) {
+		s32 *pcount;
+
+		spin_lock(&fbc->lock);
+		pcount = per_cpu_ptr(fbc->counters, cpu);
+		fbc->count += *pcount;
+		*pcount = 0;
+		spin_unlock(&fbc->lock);
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&percpu_counters_lock);
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+static int __init percpu_counter_startup(void)
+{
+	hotcpu_notifier(percpu_counter_hotcpu_callback, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(percpu_counter_startup);
+#endif