diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index f7551c1c827ce76c16adbb9425b58fe23fe52f1c..2370063b58245946f71adfa05f361097d3e53374 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ static void soc_remove_aux_dev(struct snd_soc_card *card, int num)
 	/* unregister the rtd device */
 	if (rtd->dev_registered) {
 		device_remove_file(rtd->dev, &dev_attr_codec_reg);
-		device_del(rtd->dev);
+		device_unregister(rtd->dev);
 		rtd->dev_registered = 0;
 	}