diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-ntb-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-ntb-howto.rst
index 1884bf29caba..4261e7157ef1 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-ntb-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-ntb-howto.rst
@@ -88,13 +88,10 @@ commands can be used::
 	# echo 0x104c > functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/vendorid
 	# echo 0xb00d > functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/deviceid
 
-In order to configure NTB specific attributes, a new sub-directory to func1
-should be created::
-
-	# mkdir functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/pci_epf_ntb.0/
-
-The NTB function driver will populate this directory with various attributes
-that can be configured by the user::
+The PCI endpoint framework also automatically creates a sub-directory in the
+function attribute directory. This sub-directory has the same name as the name
+of the function device and is populated with the following NTB specific
+attributes that can be configured by the user::
 
 	# ls functions/pci_epf_ntb/func1/pci_epf_ntb.0/
 	db_count    mw1         mw2         mw3         mw4         num_mws
diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst
index 4ab8e4a26d4b..70d3bc90893f 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/endpoint/pci-vntb-howto.rst
@@ -84,13 +84,10 @@ commands can be used::
 	# echo 0x1957 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/vendorid
 	# echo 0x0809 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/deviceid
 
-In order to configure NTB specific attributes, a new sub-directory to func1
-should be created::
-
-	# mkdir functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/
-
-The NTB function driver will populate this directory with various attributes
-that can be configured by the user::
+The PCI endpoint framework also automatically creates a sub-directory in the
+function attribute directory. This sub-directory has the same name as the name
+of the function device and is populated with the following NTB specific
+attributes that can be configured by the user::
 
 	# ls functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/
 	db_count    mw1         mw2         mw3         mw4         num_mws
@@ -103,7 +100,7 @@ A sample configuration for NTB function is given below::
 	# echo 1 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/num_mws
 	# echo 0x100000 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/mw1
 
-A sample configuration for virtual NTB driver for virutal PCI bus::
+A sample configuration for virtual NTB driver for virtual PCI bus::
 
 	# echo 0x1957 > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/vntb_vid
 	# echo 0x080A > functions/pci_epf_vntb/func1/pci_epf_vntb.0/vntb_pid
diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c
index 4b8ac0ac84d5..b16fc6093c20 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct pci_epf_group {
 	struct config_group group;
 	struct config_group primary_epc_group;
 	struct config_group secondary_epc_group;
+	struct config_group *type_group;
 	struct delayed_work cfs_work;
 	struct pci_epf *epf;
 	int index;
@@ -502,34 +503,28 @@ static struct configfs_item_operations pci_epf_ops = {
 	.release		= pci_epf_release,
 };
 
-static struct config_group *pci_epf_type_make(struct config_group *group,
-					      const char *name)
-{
-	struct pci_epf_group *epf_group = to_pci_epf_group(&group->cg_item);
-	struct config_group *epf_type_group;
-
-	epf_type_group = pci_epf_type_add_cfs(epf_group->epf, group);
-	return epf_type_group;
-}
-
-static void pci_epf_type_drop(struct config_group *group,
-			      struct config_item *item)
-{
-	config_item_put(item);
-}
-
-static struct configfs_group_operations pci_epf_type_group_ops = {
-	.make_group     = &pci_epf_type_make,
-	.drop_item      = &pci_epf_type_drop,
-};
-
 static const struct config_item_type pci_epf_type = {
-	.ct_group_ops	= &pci_epf_type_group_ops,
 	.ct_item_ops	= &pci_epf_ops,
 	.ct_attrs	= pci_epf_attrs,
 	.ct_owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
+static void pci_ep_cfs_add_type_group(struct pci_epf_group *epf_group)
+{
+	struct config_group *group;
+
+	group = pci_epf_type_add_cfs(epf_group->epf, &epf_group->group);
+	if (!group)
+		return;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(group)) {
+		pr_err("failed to create epf type specific attributes\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	configfs_register_group(&epf_group->group, group);
+}
+
 static void pci_epf_cfs_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct pci_epf_group *epf_group;
@@ -547,6 +542,8 @@ static void pci_epf_cfs_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		pr_err("failed to create 'secondary' EPC interface\n");
 		return;
 	}
+
+	pci_ep_cfs_add_type_group(epf_group);
 }
 
 static struct config_group *pci_epf_make(struct config_group *group,
