diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
index 0eb09e1..1cbd075 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2022,16 +2022,6 @@
 	return sprintf(buf, "MT%d\n", dev->dev->persist->pdev->device);
 }
 
-static ssize_t show_fw_ver(struct device *device, struct device_attribute *attr,
-			   char *buf)
-{
-	struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev =
-		container_of(device, struct mlx4_ib_dev, ib_dev.dev);
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d.%d.%d\n", (int) (dev->dev->caps.fw_ver >> 32),
-		       (int) (dev->dev->caps.fw_ver >> 16) & 0xffff,
-		       (int) dev->dev->caps.fw_ver & 0xffff);
-}
-
 static ssize_t show_rev(struct device *device, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			char *buf)
 {
@@ -2050,13 +2040,11 @@
 }
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(hw_rev,   S_IRUGO, show_rev,    NULL);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(fw_ver,   S_IRUGO, show_fw_ver, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(hca_type, S_IRUGO, show_hca,    NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(board_id, S_IRUGO, show_board,  NULL);
 
 static struct device_attribute *mlx4_class_attributes[] = {
 	&dev_attr_hw_rev,
-	&dev_attr_fw_ver,
 	&dev_attr_hca_type,
 	&dev_attr_board_id
 };
@@ -2277,6 +2265,17 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void get_fw_ver_str(struct ib_device *device, char *str,
+			   size_t str_len)
+{
+	struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev =
+		container_of(device, struct mlx4_ib_dev, ib_dev);
+	snprintf(str, str_len, "%d.%d.%d",
+		 (int) (dev->dev->caps.fw_ver >> 32),
+		 (int) (dev->dev->caps.fw_ver >> 16) & 0xffff,
+		 (int) dev->dev->caps.fw_ver & 0xffff);
+}
+
 static void *mlx4_ib_add(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx4_ib_dev *ibdev;
@@ -2410,6 +2409,7 @@
 	ibdev->ib_dev.detach_mcast	= mlx4_ib_mcg_detach;
 	ibdev->ib_dev.process_mad	= mlx4_ib_process_mad;
 	ibdev->ib_dev.get_port_immutable = mlx4_port_immutable;
+	ibdev->ib_dev.get_dev_fw_str    = get_fw_ver_str;
 	ibdev->ib_dev.disassociate_ucontext = mlx4_ib_disassociate_ucontext;
 
 	if (!mlx4_is_slave(ibdev->dev)) {