diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/power.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/power.c
index e95fc1594c84b0d8f76c351c459ce8b74b2db816..6d62662364468182e47b3907db74bba5728f5d06 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/power.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/power.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ core_initcall(pm_init);
 #else
 static int __init apo_pm_init(void)
 {
-	return (sysfs_create_file(power_kobj, &auto_poweron_attr));
+	return (sysfs_create_file(power_kobj, &auto_poweron_attr.attr));
 }
 __initcall(apo_pm_init);
 #endif