diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index c7990c926942721418be84ce6a3dd8fef73747bb..92ec7f8826e0c8227eb4a6fecaec1e43731801d6 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 	mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
 
 	clsdev = device_create(dvb_class, adap->device,
-			       MKDEV(DVB_MAJOR, nums2minor(adap->num, type, id)),
+			       MKDEV(DVB_MAJOR, minor,
 			       dvbdev, "dvb%d.%s%d", adap->num, dnames[type], id);
 	if (IS_ERR(clsdev)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to create device dvb%d.%s%d (%ld)\n",