diff --git a/drivers/rtc/class.c b/drivers/rtc/class.c
index de7707f7e766..de86578bcd6d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/class.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ struct rtc_device *rtc_device_register(const char *name, struct device *dev,
 	rtc->max_user_freq = 64;
 	rtc->dev.parent = dev;
 	rtc->dev.class = rtc_class;
+	rtc->dev.groups = rtc_get_dev_attribute_groups();
 	rtc->dev.release = rtc_device_release;
 
 	mutex_init(&rtc->ops_lock);
@@ -240,7 +241,6 @@ struct rtc_device *rtc_device_register(const char *name, struct device *dev,
 	}
 
 	rtc_dev_add_device(rtc);
-	rtc_sysfs_add_device(rtc);
 	rtc_proc_add_device(rtc);
 
 	dev_info(dev, "rtc core: registered %s as %s\n",
@@ -271,7 +271,6 @@ void rtc_device_unregister(struct rtc_device *rtc)
 	 * Remove innards of this RTC, then disable it, before
 	 * letting any rtc_class_open() users access it again
 	 */
-	rtc_sysfs_del_device(rtc);
 	rtc_dev_del_device(rtc);
 	rtc_proc_del_device(rtc);
 	device_del(&rtc->dev);
@@ -360,7 +359,6 @@ static int __init rtc_init(void)
 	}
 	rtc_class->pm = RTC_CLASS_DEV_PM_OPS;
 	rtc_dev_init();
-	rtc_sysfs_init(rtc_class);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-core.h b/drivers/rtc/rtc-core.h
index 5f9df7430a22..a098aea197fc 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-core.h
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-core.h
@@ -48,23 +48,10 @@ static inline void rtc_proc_del_device(struct rtc_device *rtc)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_INTF_SYSFS
-
-extern void __init rtc_sysfs_init(struct class *);
-extern void rtc_sysfs_add_device(struct rtc_device *rtc);
-extern void rtc_sysfs_del_device(struct rtc_device *rtc);
-
+const struct attribute_group **rtc_get_dev_attribute_groups(void);
 #else
-
-static inline void rtc_sysfs_init(struct class *rtc)
+static inline const struct attribute_group **rtc_get_dev_attribute_groups(void)
 {
+	return NULL;
 }
-
-static inline void rtc_sysfs_add_device(struct rtc_device *rtc)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void rtc_sysfs_del_device(struct rtc_device *rtc)
-{
-}
-
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c
index e3ce1dc92b65..7273855ed02e 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sysfs.c
@@ -122,17 +122,6 @@ hctosys_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(hctosys);
 
-static struct attribute *rtc_attrs[] = {
-	&dev_attr_name.attr,
-	&dev_attr_date.attr,
-	&dev_attr_time.attr,
-	&dev_attr_since_epoch.attr,
-	&dev_attr_max_user_freq.attr,
-	&dev_attr_hctosys.attr,
-	NULL,
-};
-ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(rtc);
-
 static ssize_t
 wakealarm_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -222,6 +211,16 @@ wakealarm_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(wakealarm);
 
+static struct attribute *rtc_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_name.attr,
+	&dev_attr_date.attr,
+	&dev_attr_time.attr,
+	&dev_attr_since_epoch.attr,
+	&dev_attr_max_user_freq.attr,
+	&dev_attr_hctosys.attr,
+	&dev_attr_wakealarm.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
 
 /* The reason to trigger an alarm with no process watching it (via sysfs)
  * is its side effect:  waking from a system state like suspend-to-RAM or
@@ -236,29 +235,31 @@ static bool rtc_does_wakealarm(struct rtc_device *rtc)
 	return rtc->ops->set_alarm != NULL;
 }
 
-
-void rtc_sysfs_add_device(struct rtc_device *rtc)
+static umode_t rtc_attr_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
+				   struct attribute *attr, int n)
 {
-	int err;
+	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct rtc_device *rtc = to_rtc_device(dev);
+	umode_t mode = attr->mode;
 
-	/* not all RTCs support both alarms and wakeup */
-	if (!rtc_does_wakealarm(rtc))
-		return;
+	if (attr == &dev_attr_wakealarm.attr)
+		if (!rtc_does_wakealarm(rtc))
+			mode = 0;
 
-	err = device_create_file(&rtc->dev, &dev_attr_wakealarm);
-	if (err)
-		dev_err(rtc->dev.parent,
-			"failed to create alarm attribute, %d\n", err);
+	return mode;
 }
 
-void rtc_sysfs_del_device(struct rtc_device *rtc)
-{
-	/* REVISIT did we add it successfully? */
-	if (rtc_does_wakealarm(rtc))
-		device_remove_file(&rtc->dev, &dev_attr_wakealarm);
-}
+static struct attribute_group rtc_attr_group = {
+	.is_visible	= rtc_attr_is_visible,
+	.attrs		= rtc_attrs,
+};
 
-void __init rtc_sysfs_init(struct class *rtc_class)
+static const struct attribute_group *rtc_attr_groups[] = {
+	&rtc_attr_group,
+	NULL
+};
+
+const struct attribute_group **rtc_get_dev_attribute_groups(void)
 {
-	rtc_class->dev_groups = rtc_groups;
+	return rtc_attr_groups;
 }