diff --git a/drivers/pps/kapi.c b/drivers/pps/kapi.c
index f197e8ea185c4099abc1289cd1b6cf74947f3bed..cdad4d95b20eed060e6bc961da9bb27ab23865fb 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/kapi.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/kapi.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct pps_device *pps_register_source(struct pps_source_info *info,
 		goto pps_register_source_exit;
 	}
 
-	/* These initializations must be done before calling idr_get_new()
+	/* These initializations must be done before calling idr_alloc()
 	 * in order to avoid reces into pps_event().
 	 */
 	pps->params.api_version = PPS_API_VERS;
diff --git a/drivers/pps/pps.c b/drivers/pps/pps.c
index 6437703eb10fdfa484097a692af6ee2c20559b4b..7173e3ad475d9d9f8e6a169106691c18ad2fea56 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/pps.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/pps.c
@@ -295,29 +295,21 @@ int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps)
 	dev_t devt;
 
 	mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock);
-	/* Get new ID for the new PPS source */
-	if (idr_pre_get(&pps_idr, GFP_KERNEL) == 0) {
-		mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	/* Now really allocate the PPS source.
-	 * After idr_get_new() calling the new source will be freely available
-	 * into the kernel.
+	/*
+	 * Get new ID for the new PPS source.  After idr_alloc() calling
+	 * the new source will be freely available into the kernel.
 	 */
-	err = idr_get_new(&pps_idr, pps, &pps->id);
-	mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock);
-
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
-
-	pps->id &= MAX_IDR_MASK;
-	if (pps->id >= PPS_MAX_SOURCES) {
-		pr_err("%s: too many PPS sources in the system\n",
-					pps->info.name);
-		err = -EBUSY;
-		goto free_idr;
+	err = idr_alloc(&pps_idr, pps, 0, PPS_MAX_SOURCES, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		if (err == -ENOSPC) {
+			pr_err("%s: too many PPS sources in the system\n",
+			       pps->info.name);
+			err = -EBUSY;
+		}
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
+	pps->id = err;
+	mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock);
 
 	devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(pps_devt), pps->id);
 
@@ -351,8 +343,8 @@ int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps)
 free_idr:
 	mutex_lock(&pps_idr_lock);
 	idr_remove(&pps_idr, pps->id);
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&pps_idr_lock);
-
 	return err;
 }