diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
index 81101775fed0..e1d765a7372c 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_core.c
@@ -262,3 +262,234 @@ struct device *rpmsg_find_device(struct device *parent,
 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_find_device);
+
+/* sysfs show configuration fields */
+#define rpmsg_show_attr(field, path, format_string)			\
+static ssize_t								\
+field##_show(struct device *dev,					\
+			struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)	\
+{									\
+	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);		\
+									\
+	return sprintf(buf, format_string, rpdev->path);		\
+}
+
+/* for more info, see Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rpmsg */
+rpmsg_show_attr(name, id.name, "%s\n");
+rpmsg_show_attr(src, src, "0x%x\n");
+rpmsg_show_attr(dst, dst, "0x%x\n");
+rpmsg_show_attr(announce, announce ? "true" : "false", "%s\n");
+
+static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev,
+			     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, RPMSG_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT "\n", rpdev->id.name);
+}
+
+static struct device_attribute rpmsg_dev_attrs[] = {
+	__ATTR_RO(name),
+	__ATTR_RO(modalias),
+	__ATTR_RO(dst),
+	__ATTR_RO(src),
+	__ATTR_RO(announce),
+	__ATTR_NULL
+};
+
+/* rpmsg devices and drivers are matched using the service name */
+static inline int rpmsg_id_match(const struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
+				  const struct rpmsg_device_id *id)
+{
+	return strncmp(id->name, rpdev->id.name, RPMSG_NAME_SIZE) == 0;
+}
+
+/* match rpmsg channel and rpmsg driver */
+static int rpmsg_dev_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
+	struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv = to_rpmsg_driver(drv);
+	const struct rpmsg_device_id *ids = rpdrv->id_table;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	if (ids)
+		for (i = 0; ids[i].name[0]; i++)
+			if (rpmsg_id_match(rpdev, &ids[i]))
+				return 1;
+
+	return of_driver_match_device(dev, drv);
+}
+
+static int rpmsg_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
+
+	return add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=" RPMSG_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT,
+					rpdev->id.name);
+}
+
+/*
+ * when an rpmsg driver is probed with a channel, we seamlessly create
+ * it an endpoint, binding its rx callback to a unique local rpmsg
+ * address.
+ *
+ * if we need to, we also announce about this channel to the remote
+ * processor (needed in case the driver is exposing an rpmsg service).
+ */
+static int rpmsg_dev_probe(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
+	struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv = to_rpmsg_driver(rpdev->dev.driver);
+	struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo = {};
+	struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept;
+	int err;
+
+	strncpy(chinfo.name, rpdev->id.name, RPMSG_NAME_SIZE);
+	chinfo.src = rpdev->src;
+	chinfo.dst = RPMSG_ADDR_ANY;
+
+	ept = rpmsg_create_ept(rpdev, rpdrv->callback, NULL, chinfo);
+	if (!ept) {
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to create endpoint\n");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	rpdev->ept = ept;
+	rpdev->src = ept->addr;
+
+	err = rpdrv->probe(rpdev);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(dev, "%s: failed: %d\n", __func__, err);
+		rpmsg_destroy_ept(ept);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (rpdev->ops->announce_create)
+		err = rpdev->ops->announce_create(rpdev);
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int rpmsg_dev_remove(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
+	struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv = to_rpmsg_driver(rpdev->dev.driver);
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (rpdev->ops->announce_destroy)
+		err = rpdev->ops->announce_destroy(rpdev);
+
+	rpdrv->remove(rpdev);
+
+	rpmsg_destroy_ept(rpdev->ept);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static struct bus_type rpmsg_bus = {
+	.name		= "rpmsg",
+	.match		= rpmsg_dev_match,
+	.dev_attrs	= rpmsg_dev_attrs,
+	.uevent		= rpmsg_uevent,
+	.probe		= rpmsg_dev_probe,
+	.remove		= rpmsg_dev_remove,
+};
+
+static void rpmsg_release_device(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
+
+	kfree(rpdev);
+}
+
+int rpmsg_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &rpdev->dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	dev_set_name(&rpdev->dev, "%s:%s",
+		     dev_name(dev->parent), rpdev->id.name);
+
+	rpdev->dev.bus = &rpmsg_bus;
+	rpdev->dev.release = rpmsg_release_device;
+
+	ret = device_register(&rpdev->dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev, "device_register failed: %d\n", ret);
+		put_device(&rpdev->dev);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_register_device);
+
+/*
+ * find an existing channel using its name + address properties,
+ * and destroy it
+ */
+int rpmsg_unregister_device(struct device *parent,
+			    struct rpmsg_channel_info *chinfo)
+{
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	dev = rpmsg_find_device(parent, chinfo);
+	if (!dev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	device_unregister(dev);
+
+	put_device(dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(rpmsg_unregister_device);
+
+/**
+ * __register_rpmsg_driver() - register an rpmsg driver with the rpmsg bus
+ * @rpdrv: pointer to a struct rpmsg_driver
+ * @owner: owning module/driver
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, and an appropriate error value on failure.
+ */
+int __register_rpmsg_driver(struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv, struct module *owner)
+{
+	rpdrv->drv.bus = &rpmsg_bus;
+	rpdrv->drv.owner = owner;
+	return driver_register(&rpdrv->drv);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_rpmsg_driver);
+
+/**
+ * unregister_rpmsg_driver() - unregister an rpmsg driver from the rpmsg bus
+ * @rpdrv: pointer to a struct rpmsg_driver
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, and an appropriate error value on failure.
+ */
+void unregister_rpmsg_driver(struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv)
+{
+	driver_unregister(&rpdrv->drv);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_rpmsg_driver);
+
+
+static int __init rpmsg_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = bus_register(&rpmsg_bus);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("failed to register rpmsg bus: %d\n", ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+postcore_initcall(rpmsg_init);
+
+static void __exit rpmsg_fini(void)
+{
+	bus_unregister(&rpmsg_bus);
+}
+module_exit(rpmsg_fini);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("remote processor messaging bus");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
index 205debf4ea65..8ac98fd0bf1d 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_internal.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #define to_rpmsg_device(d) container_of(d, struct rpmsg_device, dev)
 #define to_rpmsg_driver(d) container_of(d, struct rpmsg_driver, drv)
 
+int rpmsg_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev);
+int rpmsg_unregister_device(struct device *parent,
+			    struct rpmsg_channel_info *chinfo);
+
 struct device *rpmsg_find_device(struct device *parent,
 				 struct rpmsg_channel_info *chinfo);
 
diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index e1052622c6a2..31cd526f690d 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ struct virtproc_info {
 	struct rpmsg_endpoint *ns_ept;
 };
 
-#define to_rpmsg_device(d) container_of(d, struct rpmsg_device, dev)
-#define to_rpmsg_driver(d) container_of(d, struct rpmsg_driver, drv)
-
 /*
  * We're allocating buffers of 512 bytes each for communications. The
  * number of buffers will be computed from the number of buffers supported
@@ -120,72 +117,6 @@ static int virtio_rpmsg_trysendto(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, void *data,
 				  int len, u32 dst);
 static int virtio_rpmsg_trysend_offchannel(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept, u32 src,
 					   u32 dst, void *data, int len);
-static int rpmsg_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev);
-
-/* sysfs show configuration fields */
-#define rpmsg_show_attr(field, path, format_string)			\
-static ssize_t								\
-field##_show(struct device *dev,					\
-			struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)	\
-{									\
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);		\
-									\
-	return sprintf(buf, format_string, rpdev->path);		\
-}
-
-/* for more info, see Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-rpmsg */
-rpmsg_show_attr(name, id.name, "%s\n");
-rpmsg_show_attr(src, src, "0x%x\n");
-rpmsg_show_attr(dst, dst, "0x%x\n");
-rpmsg_show_attr(announce, announce ? "true" : "false", "%s\n");
-
-static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev,
-			     struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
-{
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
-
-	return sprintf(buf, RPMSG_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT "\n", rpdev->id.name);
-}
-
-static struct device_attribute rpmsg_dev_attrs[] = {
-	__ATTR_RO(name),
-	__ATTR_RO(modalias),
-	__ATTR_RO(dst),
-	__ATTR_RO(src),
-	__ATTR_RO(announce),
-	__ATTR_NULL
-};
-
-/* rpmsg devices and drivers are matched using the service name */
-static inline int rpmsg_id_match(const struct rpmsg_device *rpdev,
-				 const struct rpmsg_device_id *id)
-{
-	return strncmp(id->name, rpdev->id.name, RPMSG_NAME_SIZE) == 0;
-}
-
-/* match rpmsg channel and rpmsg driver */
-static int rpmsg_dev_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
-{
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
-	struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv = to_rpmsg_driver(drv);
-	const struct rpmsg_device_id *ids = rpdrv->id_table;
-	unsigned int i;
-
-	if (ids)
-		for (i = 0; ids[i].name[0]; i++)
-			if (rpmsg_id_match(rpdev, &ids[i]))
-				return 1;
-
-	return of_driver_match_device(dev, drv);
-}
-
-static int rpmsg_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
-{
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
-
-	return add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=" RPMSG_DEVICE_MODALIAS_FMT,
-					rpdev->id.name);
-}
 
 static const struct rpmsg_endpoint_ops virtio_endpoint_ops = {
 	.destroy_ept = virtio_rpmsg_destroy_ept,
@@ -307,49 +238,6 @@ static void virtio_rpmsg_destroy_ept(struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept)
 	__rpmsg_destroy_ept(ept->rpdev->vrp, ept);
 }
 
-/*
- * when an rpmsg driver is probed with a channel, we seamlessly create
- * it an endpoint, binding its rx callback to a unique local rpmsg
- * address.
- *
- * if we need to, we also announce about this channel to the remote
- * processor (needed in case the driver is exposing an rpmsg service).
- */
-static int rpmsg_dev_probe(struct device *dev)
-{
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
-	struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv = to_rpmsg_driver(rpdev->dev.driver);
-	struct rpmsg_channel_info chinfo = {};
-	struct rpmsg_endpoint *ept;
-	int err;
-
-	strncpy(chinfo.name, rpdev->id.name, RPMSG_NAME_SIZE);
-	chinfo.src = rpdev->src;
-	chinfo.dst = RPMSG_ADDR_ANY;
-
-	ept = rpmsg_create_ept(rpdev, rpdrv->callback, NULL, chinfo);
-	if (!ept) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to create endpoint\n");
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	rpdev->ept = ept;
-	rpdev->src = ept->addr;
-
-	err = rpdrv->probe(rpdev);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "%s: failed: %d\n", __func__, err);
-		rpmsg_destroy_ept(ept);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (rpdev->ops->announce_create)
-		err = rpdev->ops->announce_create(rpdev);
-out:
-	return err;
-}
-
 static int virtio_rpmsg_announce_create(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 {
 	struct virtproc_info *vrp = rpdev->vrp;
@@ -396,65 +284,6 @@ static int virtio_rpmsg_announce_destroy(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int rpmsg_dev_remove(struct device *dev)
-{
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
-	struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv = to_rpmsg_driver(rpdev->dev.driver);
-	int err = 0;
-
-	if (rpdev->ops->announce_destroy)
-		err = rpdev->ops->announce_destroy(rpdev);
-
-	rpdrv->remove(rpdev);
-
-	rpmsg_destroy_ept(rpdev->ept);
-
-	return err;
-}
-
-static struct bus_type rpmsg_bus = {
-	.name		= "rpmsg",
-	.match		= rpmsg_dev_match,
-	.dev_attrs	= rpmsg_dev_attrs,
-	.uevent		= rpmsg_uevent,
-	.probe		= rpmsg_dev_probe,
-	.remove		= rpmsg_dev_remove,
-};
-
-/**
- * __register_rpmsg_driver() - register an rpmsg driver with the rpmsg bus
- * @rpdrv: pointer to a struct rpmsg_driver
- * @owner: owning module/driver
- *
- * Returns 0 on success, and an appropriate error value on failure.
- */
-int __register_rpmsg_driver(struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv, struct module *owner)
-{
-	rpdrv->drv.bus = &rpmsg_bus;
-	rpdrv->drv.owner = owner;
-	return driver_register(&rpdrv->drv);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__register_rpmsg_driver);
-
-/**
- * unregister_rpmsg_driver() - unregister an rpmsg driver from the rpmsg bus
- * @rpdrv: pointer to a struct rpmsg_driver
- *
- * Returns 0 on success, and an appropriate error value on failure.
- */
-void unregister_rpmsg_driver(struct rpmsg_driver *rpdrv)
-{
-	driver_unregister(&rpdrv->drv);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_rpmsg_driver);
-
-static void rpmsg_release_device(struct device *dev)
-{
-	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
-
-	kfree(rpdev);
-}
-
 static const struct rpmsg_device_ops virtio_rpmsg_ops = {
 	.create_ept = virtio_rpmsg_create_ept,
 	.announce_create = virtio_rpmsg_announce_create,
@@ -508,47 +337,6 @@ static struct rpmsg_device *rpmsg_create_channel(struct virtproc_info *vrp,
 	return rpdev;
 }
 
-static int rpmsg_register_device(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev)
-{
-	struct device *dev = &rpdev->dev;
-	int ret;
-
-	dev_set_name(&rpdev->dev, "%s:%s",
-		     dev_name(dev->parent), rpdev->id.name);
-
-	rpdev->dev.bus = &rpmsg_bus;
-	rpdev->dev.release = rpmsg_release_device;
-
-	ret = device_register(&rpdev->dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(dev, "device_register failed: %d\n", ret);
-		put_device(&rpdev->dev);
-	}
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * find an existing channel using its name + address properties,
- * and destroy it
- */
-static int rpmsg_destroy_channel(struct virtproc_info *vrp,
-				 struct rpmsg_channel_info *chinfo)
-{
-	struct virtio_device *vdev = vrp->vdev;
-	struct device *dev;
-
-	dev = rpmsg_find_device(&vdev->dev, chinfo);
-	if (!dev)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	device_unregister(dev);
-
-	put_device(dev);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /* super simple buffer "allocator" that is just enough for now */
 static void *get_a_tx_buf(struct virtproc_info *vrp)
 {
@@ -967,7 +755,7 @@ static void rpmsg_ns_cb(struct rpmsg_device *rpdev, void *data, int len,
 	chinfo.dst = msg->addr;
 
 	if (msg->flags & RPMSG_NS_DESTROY) {
-		ret = rpmsg_destroy_channel(vrp, &chinfo);
+		ret = rpmsg_unregister_device(&vrp->vdev->dev, &chinfo);
 		if (ret)
 			dev_err(dev, "rpmsg_destroy_channel failed: %d\n", ret);
 	} else {
@@ -1152,17 +940,9 @@ static int __init rpmsg_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = bus_register(&rpmsg_bus);
-	if (ret) {
-		pr_err("failed to register rpmsg bus: %d\n", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	ret = register_virtio_driver(&virtio_ipc_driver);
-	if (ret) {
+	if (ret)
 		pr_err("failed to register virtio driver: %d\n", ret);
-		bus_unregister(&rpmsg_bus);
-	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1171,7 +951,6 @@ subsys_initcall(rpmsg_init);
 static void __exit rpmsg_fini(void)
 {
 	unregister_virtio_driver(&virtio_ipc_driver);
-	bus_unregister(&rpmsg_bus);
 }
 module_exit(rpmsg_fini);
 
