diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 705b33b184a33cb3181e698b191c08565229ed56..fc562d29cc460155aa0d8aaa72bbf71e82e8d494 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ static struct pernet_operations __net_initdata icmp_sk_ops = {
 
 int __init icmp_init(void)
 {
-	return register_pernet_device(&icmp_sk_ops);
+	return register_pernet_subsys(&icmp_sk_ops);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(icmp_err_convert);