diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 0ca0fcbb7c01f5dcb1f840dd31ca24d1696a83e6..03d027c68879db4d519cf96d1dbd1b63a265dc89 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -866,8 +866,8 @@ static int __init ppp_init(void)
 			err = PTR_ERR(ppp_class);
 			goto out_chrdev;
 		}
-		device_create_drvdata(ppp_class, NULL, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0),
-				      NULL, "ppp");
+		device_create(ppp_class, NULL, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0), NULL,
+			      "ppp");
 	}
 
 out:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
index f14051556c87d08098108f2f695a5bc2c6d35f5a..7f97f8d08c39eeba79eaa4da5cdfc5368d59487d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ static int __init cosa_init(void)
 		goto out_chrdev;
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_cards; i++)
-		device_create_drvdata(cosa_class, NULL, MKDEV(cosa_major, i),
-				      NULL, "cosa%d", i);
+		device_create(cosa_class, NULL, MKDEV(cosa_major, i), NULL,
+			      "cosa%d", i);
 	err = 0;
 	goto out;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index c9e4a435b2fc04d916ae61e6db150345027a568c..1a019e98dac3ee8ef0b7be504a6cee8af6a36369 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -533,11 +533,11 @@ static int __init init_mac80211_hwsim(void)
 		data = hw->priv;
 		data->hw = hw;
 
-		data->dev = device_create_drvdata(hwsim_class, NULL, 0, hw,
-						"hwsim%d", i);
+		data->dev = device_create(hwsim_class, NULL, 0, hw,
+					  "hwsim%d", i);
 		if (IS_ERR(data->dev)) {
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG
-			       "mac80211_hwsim: device_create_drvdata "
+			       "mac80211_hwsim: device_create "
 			       "failed (%ld)\n", PTR_ERR(data->dev));
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto failed_drvdata;