diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_cmos_rtc.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_cmos_rtc.c
index 4cf4aef7ce0c..9b55d1593d16 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_cmos_rtc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_cmos_rtc.c
@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ acpi_cmos_rtc_space_handler(u32 function, acpi_physical_address address,
 	return AE_OK;
 }
 
-static int acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(struct acpi_device *adev,
-		const struct acpi_device_id *id)
+int acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 
-	status = acpi_install_address_space_handler(adev->handle,
+	status = acpi_install_address_space_handler(handle,
 			ACPI_ADR_SPACE_CMOS,
 			&acpi_cmos_rtc_space_handler,
 			NULL, NULL);
@@ -67,18 +66,30 @@ static int acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(struct acpi_device *adev,
 
 	return 1;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler);
 
-static void acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(struct acpi_device *adev)
+void acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle)
 {
-	if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_remove_address_space_handler(adev->handle,
+	if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_remove_address_space_handler(handle,
 			ACPI_ADR_SPACE_CMOS, &acpi_cmos_rtc_space_handler)))
 		pr_err("Error removing CMOS-RTC region handler\n");
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler);
+
+static int acpi_cmos_rtc_attach_handler(struct acpi_device *adev, const struct acpi_device_id *id)
+{
+	return acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(adev->handle);
+}
+
+static void acpi_cmos_rtc_detach_handler(struct acpi_device *adev)
+{
+	acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(adev->handle);
+}
 
 static struct acpi_scan_handler cmos_rtc_handler = {
 	.ids = acpi_cmos_rtc_ids,
-	.attach = acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler,
-	.detach = acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler,
+	.attach = acpi_cmos_rtc_attach_handler,
+	.detach = acpi_cmos_rtc_detach_handler,
 };
 
 void __init acpi_cmos_rtc_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c
index e9b8e8305e23..33c3b16af556 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ static int acpi_tad_disable_timer(struct device *dev, u32 timer_id)
 static int acpi_tad_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+	acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(dev);
 	struct acpi_tad_driver_data *dd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	device_init_wakeup(dev, false);
@@ -577,6 +578,7 @@ static int acpi_tad_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
 	pm_runtime_disable(dev);
+	acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(handle);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -589,6 +591,11 @@ static int acpi_tad_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	unsigned long long caps;
 	int ret;
 
+	ret = acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(handle);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_info(dev, "Unable to install space handler\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * Initialization failure messages are mostly about firmware issues, so
 	 * print them at the "info" level.
@@ -596,22 +603,27 @@ static int acpi_tad_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	status = acpi_evaluate_integer(handle, "_GCP", NULL, &caps);
 	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
 		dev_info(dev, "Unable to get capabilities\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto remove_handler;
 	}
 
 	if (!(caps & ACPI_TAD_AC_WAKE)) {
 		dev_info(dev, "Unsupported capabilities\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto remove_handler;
 	}
 
 	if (!acpi_has_method(handle, "_PRW")) {
 		dev_info(dev, "Missing _PRW\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto remove_handler;
 	}
 
 	dd = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*dd), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!dd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!dd) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto remove_handler;
+	}
 
 	dd->capabilities = caps;
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, dd);
@@ -653,6 +665,11 @@ static int acpi_tad_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 fail:
 	acpi_tad_remove(pdev);
+	/* Don't fallthrough because cmos rtc space handler is removed in acpi_tad_remove() */
+	return ret;
+
+remove_handler:
+	acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(handle);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index c941d99162c0..fb95fff23e5b 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -645,6 +645,8 @@ int acpi_disable_wakeup_device_power(struct acpi_device *dev);
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
 bool acpi_device_override_status(struct acpi_device *adev, unsigned long long *status);
 bool acpi_quirk_skip_acpi_ac_and_battery(void);
+int acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle);
+void acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle);
 #else
 static inline bool acpi_device_override_status(struct acpi_device *adev,
 					       unsigned long long *status)
@@ -655,6 +657,13 @@ static inline bool acpi_quirk_skip_acpi_ac_and_battery(void)
 {
 	return false;
 }
+static inline int acpi_install_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle)
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+static inline void acpi_remove_cmos_rtc_space_handler(acpi_handle handle)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_ANDROID_TABLETS)