1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index c3bfa76765c4..b2dd5a036631 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -510,9 +510,8 @@ struct cdev *cdev_alloc(void)
 {
         struct cdev *p = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (p) {
-                p->kobj.ktype = &ktype_cdev_dynamic;
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&p->list);
-                kobject_init(&p->kobj);
+                kobject_init_ng(&p->kobj, &ktype_cdev_dynamic);
         }
         return p;
 }
@@ -529,8 +528,7 @@ void cdev_init(struct cdev *cdev, const struct file_operations *fops)
 {
         memset(cdev, 0, sizeof *cdev);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cdev->list);
-        cdev->kobj.ktype = &ktype_cdev_default;
-        kobject_init(&cdev->kobj);
+        kobject_init_ng(&cdev->kobj, &ktype_cdev_default);
         cdev->ops = fops;
 }