1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index 55cc7b80422a..0a12e90ad416 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -649,15 +649,14 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
         if (ret)
                 goto err_get_minor;
 
-        idev->dev = device_create(uio_class->class, parent,
-                                  MKDEV(uio_major, idev->minor),
-                                  "uio%d", idev->minor);
+        idev->dev = device_create_drvdata(uio_class->class, parent,
+                                          MKDEV(uio_major, idev->minor), idev,
+                                          "uio%d", idev->minor);
         if (IS_ERR(idev->dev)) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "UIO: device register failed\n");
                 ret = PTR_ERR(idev->dev);
                 goto err_device_create;
         }
-        dev_set_drvdata(idev->dev, idev);
 
         ret = uio_dev_add_attributes(idev);
         if (ret)