diff --git a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
index 97bd9dc2e52e8a2aa1f42ef764e5119e53dc8aba..90ff4ec5f6fc66bf6044899919f24970411cad8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ static int veth_init_connection(u8 rlp)
 {
 	struct veth_lpar_connection *cnx;
 	struct veth_msg *msgs;
-	int i, rc;
+	int i;
 
 	if ( (rlp == this_lp)
 	     || ! HvLpConfig_doLpsCommunicateOnVirtualLan(this_lp, rlp) )
@@ -844,11 +844,7 @@ static int veth_init_connection(u8 rlp)
 
 	/* This gets us 1 reference, which is held on behalf of the driver
 	 * infrastructure. It's released at module unload. */
-	kobject_init(&cnx->kobject);
-	cnx->kobject.ktype = &veth_lpar_connection_ktype;
-	rc = kobject_set_name(&cnx->kobject, "cnx%.2d", rlp);
-	if (rc != 0)
-		return rc;
+	kobject_init_ng(&cnx->kobject, &veth_lpar_connection_ktype);
 
 	msgs = kcalloc(VETH_NUMBUFFERS, sizeof(struct veth_msg), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (! msgs) {
@@ -1087,11 +1083,8 @@ static struct net_device * __init veth_probe_one(int vlan,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	kobject_init(&port->kobject);
-	port->kobject.parent = &dev->dev.kobj;
-	port->kobject.ktype  = &veth_port_ktype;
-	kobject_set_name(&port->kobject, "veth_port");
-	if (0 != kobject_add(&port->kobject))
+	kobject_init_ng(&port->kobject, &veth_port_ktype);
+	if (0 != kobject_add_ng(&port->kobject, &dev->dev.kobj, "veth_port"))
 		veth_error("Failed adding port for %s to sysfs.\n", dev->name);
 
 	veth_info("%s attached to iSeries vlan %d (LPAR map = 0x%.4X)\n",
@@ -1711,9 +1704,9 @@ static int __init veth_module_init(void)
 			continue;
 
 		kobj = &veth_cnx[i]->kobject;
-		kobj->parent = &veth_driver.driver.kobj;
 		/* If the add failes, complain but otherwise continue */
-		if (0 != kobject_add(kobj))
+		if (0 != kobject_add_ng(kobj, &veth_driver.driver.kobj,
+					"cnx%.2d", veth_cnx[i]->remote_lp))
 			veth_error("cnx %d: Failed adding to sysfs.\n", i);
 	}