1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 3db28450a3b3..7321a88a5112 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ again:
                 return ERR_PTR(err);
 
         id = id & MAX_ID_MASK;
-        hwdev = device_create(hwmon_class, dev, MKDEV(0,0), HWMON_ID_FORMAT, id);
+        hwdev = device_create_drvdata(hwmon_class, dev, MKDEV(0, 0), NULL,
+                                      HWMON_ID_FORMAT, id);
 
         if (IS_ERR(hwdev)) {
                 spin_lock(&idr_lock);