diff --git a/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c b/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c
index d3e2c5f90a26aa5165dbb44b98d7be0e7fbe6f31..746d30ffb732aaeb6802976cc67295552e7eccbc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/atm/usbatm.c
@@ -968,6 +968,14 @@ static int usbatm_atm_init(struct usbatm_data *instance)
 	/* temp init ATM device, set to 128kbit */
 	atm_dev->link_rate = 128 * 1000 / 424;
 
+	ret = sysfs_create_link(&atm_dev->class_dev.kobj,
+				&instance->usb_intf->dev.kobj, "device");
+	if (ret) {
+		atm_err(instance, "%s: sysfs_create_link failed: %d\n",
+					__func__, ret);
+		goto fail_sysfs;
+	}
+
 	if (instance->driver->atm_start && ((ret = instance->driver->atm_start(instance, atm_dev)) < 0)) {
 		atm_err(instance, "%s: atm_start failed: %d!\n", __func__, ret);
 		goto fail;
@@ -986,6 +994,8 @@ static int usbatm_atm_init(struct usbatm_data *instance)
 	return 0;
 
  fail:
+	sysfs_remove_link(&atm_dev->class_dev.kobj, "device");
+ fail_sysfs:
 	instance->atm_dev = NULL;
 	atm_dev_deregister(atm_dev); /* usbatm_atm_dev_close will eventually be called */
 	return ret;
@@ -1318,8 +1328,10 @@ void usbatm_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	kfree(instance->cell_buf);
 
 	/* ATM finalize */
-	if (instance->atm_dev)
+	if (instance->atm_dev) {
+		sysfs_remove_link(&instance->atm_dev->class_dev.kobj, "device");
 		atm_dev_deregister(instance->atm_dev);
+	}
 
 	usbatm_put_instance(instance);	/* taken in usbatm_usb_probe */
 }