1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
index c11a40483459..64e1c169e826 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_devintf.c
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static void ipmi_new_smi(int if_num, struct device *device)
         entry->dev = dev;
 
         mutex_lock(&reg_list_mutex);
-        device_create(ipmi_class, device, dev, "ipmi%d", if_num);
+        device_create_drvdata(ipmi_class, device, dev, NULL, "ipmi%d", if_num);
         list_add(&entry->link, &reg_list);
         mutex_unlock(&reg_list_mutex);
 }