diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index 8ff62c26a41ce694a9df6d3c279370f8096e0728..33e619921358004abd4931248fe059a45df2cc9a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -635,23 +635,12 @@ store_rescan_field (struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(rescan, S_IWUSR, NULL, store_rescan_field);
 
-static void sdev_store_delete_callback(struct device *dev)
-{
-	scsi_remove_device(to_scsi_device(dev));
-}
-
 static ssize_t
 sdev_store_delete(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		  const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	int rc;
-
-	/* An attribute cannot be unregistered by one of its own methods,
-	 * so we have to use this roundabout approach.
-	 */
-	rc = device_schedule_callback(dev, sdev_store_delete_callback);
-	if (rc)
-		count = rc;
+	if (device_remove_file_self(dev, attr))
+		scsi_remove_device(to_scsi_device(dev));
 	return count;
 };
 static DEVICE_ATTR(delete, S_IWUSR, NULL, sdev_store_delete);