1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 6b1d7a8edf15..739b3ab7bccc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -866,7 +866,8 @@ static int __init ppp_init(void)
                         err = PTR_ERR(ppp_class);
                         goto out_chrdev;
                 }
-                device_create(ppp_class, NULL, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0), "ppp");
+                device_create_drvdata(ppp_class, NULL, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0),
+                                      NULL, "ppp");
         }
 
 out: