diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 9cbfde2..4d22226 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -312,9 +312,6 @@
 
 	pr_debug("device class '%s': release.\n", cd->class_id);
 
-	kfree(cd->devt_attr);
-	cd->devt_attr = NULL;
-
 	if (cd->release)
 		cd->release(cd);
 	else if (cls->release)
@@ -547,6 +544,9 @@
 	return print_dev_t(buf, class_dev->devt);
 }
 
+static struct class_device_attribute class_devt_attr =
+	__ATTR(dev, S_IRUGO, show_dev, NULL);
+
 static ssize_t store_uevent(struct class_device *class_dev,
 			    const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
@@ -554,6 +554,9 @@
 	return count;
 }
 
+static struct class_device_attribute class_uevent_attr =
+	__ATTR(uevent, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_uevent);
+
 void class_device_initialize(struct class_device *class_dev)
 {
 	kobj_set_kset_s(class_dev, class_obj_subsys);
@@ -603,30 +606,15 @@
 				  &parent_class->subsys.kobj, "subsystem");
 	if (error)
 		goto out3;
-	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
-	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
-	class_dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
-	error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+
+	error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_uevent_attr);
 	if (error)
 		goto out3;
 
 	if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt)) {
-		struct class_device_attribute *attr;
-		attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!attr) {
-			error = -ENOMEM;
+		error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_devt_attr);
+		if (error)
 			goto out4;
-		}
-		attr->attr.name = "dev";
-		attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-		attr->show = show_dev;
-		error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
-		if (error) {
-			kfree(attr);
-			goto out4;
-		}
-
-		class_dev->devt_attr = attr;
 	}
 
 	error = class_device_add_attrs(class_dev);
@@ -669,10 +657,10 @@
  out6:
 	class_device_remove_attrs(class_dev);
  out5:
-	if (class_dev->devt_attr)
-		class_device_remove_file(class_dev, class_dev->devt_attr);
+	if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt))
+		class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_devt_attr);
  out4:
-	class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+	class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_uevent_attr);
  out3:
 	kobject_del(&class_dev->kobj);
  out2:
@@ -772,9 +760,9 @@
 		sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device");
 	}
 	sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "subsystem");
-	class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
-	if (class_dev->devt_attr)
-		class_device_remove_file(class_dev, class_dev->devt_attr);
+	class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_uevent_attr);
+	if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt))
+		class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_devt_attr);
 	class_device_remove_attrs(class_dev);
 	class_device_remove_groups(class_dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index e3fb87b..0455aa7 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@
 	return count;
 }
 
+static struct device_attribute uevent_attr =
+	__ATTR(uevent, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_uevent, store_uevent);
+
 static int device_add_attributes(struct device *dev,
 				 struct device_attribute *attrs)
 {
@@ -423,6 +426,9 @@
 	return print_dev_t(buf, dev->devt);
 }
 
+static struct device_attribute devt_attr =
+	__ATTR(dev, S_IRUGO, show_dev, NULL);
+
 /*
  *	devices_subsys - structure to be registered with kobject core.
  */
@@ -681,31 +687,14 @@
 		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&dev->bus->bus_notifier,
 					     BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE, dev);
 
-	dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
-	dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR;
-	dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
-	dev->uevent_attr.show = show_uevent;
-	error = device_create_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+	error = device_create_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
 	if (error)
 		goto attrError;
 
 	if (MAJOR(dev->devt)) {
-		struct device_attribute *attr;
-		attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!attr) {
-			error = -ENOMEM;
+		error = device_create_file(dev, &devt_attr);
+		if (error)
 			goto ueventattrError;
-		}
-		attr->attr.name = "dev";
-		attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-		attr->show = show_dev;
-		error = device_create_file(dev, attr);
-		if (error) {
-			kfree(attr);
-			goto ueventattrError;
-		}
-
-		dev->devt_attr = attr;
 	}
 
 	if (dev->class) {
@@ -766,10 +755,8 @@
 					     BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE, dev);
 	device_remove_attrs(dev);
  AttrsError:
-	if (dev->devt_attr) {
-		device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
-		kfree(dev->devt_attr);
-	}
+	if (MAJOR(dev->devt))
+		device_remove_file(dev, &devt_attr);
 
 	if (dev->class) {
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
@@ -791,7 +778,7 @@
 		}
 	}
  ueventattrError:
-	device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+	device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
  attrError:
 	kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
 	kobject_del(&dev->kobj);
@@ -868,10 +855,8 @@
 
 	if (parent)
 		klist_del(&dev->knode_parent);
-	if (dev->devt_attr) {
-		device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
-		kfree(dev->devt_attr);
-	}
+	if (MAJOR(dev->devt))
+		device_remove_file(dev, &devt_attr);
 	if (dev->class) {
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
 		/* If this is not a "fake" compatible device, remove the
@@ -925,7 +910,7 @@
 			up(&dev->class->sem);
 		}
 	}
-	device_remove_file(dev, &dev->uevent_attr);
+	device_remove_file(dev, &uevent_attr);
 	device_remove_attrs(dev);
 	bus_remove_device(dev);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 2e1a298..be2debe 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@
  * @devt: for internal use by the driver core only.
  * @node: for internal use by the driver core only.
  * @kobj: for internal use by the driver core only.
- * @devt_attr: for internal use by the driver core only.
  * @groups: optional additional groups to be created
  * @dev: if set, a symlink to the struct device is created in the sysfs
  * directory for this struct class device.
@@ -263,8 +262,6 @@
 	struct kobject		kobj;
 	struct class		* class;	/* required */
 	dev_t			devt;		/* dev_t, creates the sysfs "dev" */
-	struct class_device_attribute *devt_attr;
-	struct class_device_attribute uevent_attr;
 	struct device		* dev;		/* not necessary, but nice to have */
 	void			* class_data;	/* class-specific data */
 	struct class_device	*parent;	/* parent of this child device, if there is one */
@@ -419,8 +416,6 @@
 	struct device_type	*type;
 	unsigned		is_registered:1;
 	unsigned		uevent_suppress:1;
-	struct device_attribute uevent_attr;
-	struct device_attribute *devt_attr;
 
 	struct semaphore	sem;	/* semaphore to synchronize calls to
 					 * its driver.