diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index 12a39f67d86f26c77092ccd03ece636ac43d99f7..b227204f89796c4686955cf510ee55fa872ee72c 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -943,6 +943,7 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	device_initialize(&idev->dev);
 	idev->dev.devt = MKDEV(uio_major, idev->minor);
 	idev->dev.class = &uio_class;
 	idev->dev.parent = parent;
@@ -953,7 +954,7 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_device_create;
 
-	ret = device_register(&idev->dev);
+	ret = device_add(&idev->dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_device_create;
 
@@ -985,9 +986,10 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
 err_request_irq:
 	uio_dev_del_attributes(idev);
 err_uio_dev_add_attributes:
-	device_unregister(&idev->dev);
+	device_del(&idev->dev);
 err_device_create:
 	uio_free_minor(idev);
+	put_device(&idev->dev);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__uio_register_device);