diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class.c b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
index b3c54be..559a408 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-class.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
@@ -103,13 +103,11 @@
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	led_cdev->dev = device_create(leds_class, parent, 0, "%s",
-					    led_cdev->name);
+	led_cdev->dev = device_create_drvdata(leds_class, parent, 0, led_cdev,
+					      "%s", led_cdev->name);
 	if (IS_ERR(led_cdev->dev))
 		return PTR_ERR(led_cdev->dev);
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(led_cdev->dev, led_cdev);
-
 	/* register the attributes */
 	rc = device_create_file(led_cdev->dev, &dev_attr_brightness);
 	if (rc)