diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 86d79755fbfb9d4c62c572df8d0585200d1064bf..efe03a024a5bc39bf958881143d740312c3b09bc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
 	struct device * parent = dev->parent;
 
 	if (parent)
-		klist_remove(&dev->knode_parent);
+		klist_del(&dev->knode_parent);
 
 	/* Notify the platform of the removal, in case they
 	 * need to do anything...