diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 6c684058bfdfc0c14f616e839517df95639b8772..fd47ab4e68922ada1fa724d42c672c0848a6427c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static struct attribute *hwmon_dev_attrs[] = {
 static umode_t hwmon_dev_name_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
 					 struct attribute *attr, int n)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 
 	if (to_hwmon_device(dev)->name == NULL)
 		return 0;