diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/libcfs.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/libcfs.h
index 0dbd01617865e841d436f651ed77b62437e020a6..07d3cb2217d16e8ca1d73acf9683a78e85d8a68c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/libcfs.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/libcfs.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/uapi/linux/lnet/lnetctl.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/uapi/linux/lnet/lnetctl.h
index d9da625d70de7f7216ebd56232ae0946d172136b..cccb32dd28f2c8351931129633ea175c27d82a1c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/uapi/linux/lnet/lnetctl.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/uapi/linux/lnet/lnetctl.h
@@ -119,16 +119,5 @@ struct lnet_fault_stat {
 
 #define LNET_DEV_ID 0
 #define LNET_DEV_PATH "/dev/lnet"
-#define LNET_DEV_MAJOR 10
-#define LNET_DEV_MINOR 240
-#define OBD_DEV_ID 1
-#define OBD_DEV_NAME "obd"
-#define OBD_DEV_PATH "/dev/" OBD_DEV_NAME
-#define OBD_DEV_MAJOR 10
-#define OBD_DEV_MINOR 241
-#define SMFS_DEV_ID  2
-#define SMFS_DEV_PATH "/dev/snapdev"
-#define SMFS_DEV_MAJOR 10
-#define SMFS_DEV_MINOR 242
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/uapi/linux/lustre/lustre_ioctl.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/uapi/linux/lustre/lustre_ioctl.h
index 9590864e0b50f620fe4e803f796a8cc73ef4e733..6e4e109fb874b2af559e7dae65a10f2b75b38339 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/uapi/linux/lustre/lustre_ioctl.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/uapi/linux/lustre/lustre_ioctl.h
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ enum md_echo_cmd {
 #define OBD_DEV_ID 1
 #define OBD_DEV_NAME "obd"
 #define OBD_DEV_PATH "/dev/" OBD_DEV_NAME
-#define OBD_DEV_MAJOR 10
-#define OBD_DEV_MINOR 241
 
 #define OBD_IOCTL_VERSION	0x00010004
 #define OBD_DEV_BY_DEVNAME	0xffffd0de
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-debug.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-debug.c
index 0092166af258ae8004ba586cc76ddbd154e241df..1d728f18e52981663235f776778358a8623ef377 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-debug.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-debug.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 
 # define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_LNET
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
index ddf625669bffcf6f95cfc7c4448ade398988a136..c8908e816c4c24d00a40f170260687205f9eec9f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_LNET
 
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/libcfs/libcfs.h>
 
-#define LNET_MINOR 240
-
 static inline size_t libcfs_ioctl_packlen(struct libcfs_ioctl_data *data)
 {
 	size_t len = sizeof(*data);
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@ static const struct file_operations libcfs_fops = {
 };
 
 struct miscdevice libcfs_dev = {
-	.minor = LNET_MINOR,
+	.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
 	.name = "lnet",
 	.fops = &libcfs_fops,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c
index a03f924f1d7c000d60a3e229e4418f288e18387b..4b9acd7bc5cfa6a74303716429d4dc670ac563cc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  * This file is part of Lustre, http://www.lustre.org/
  * Lustre is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  */
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
index 3e24b76f6301a27729dbd3f153a9e33a470a5193..7b5be6b123bf07e73cf0fed851d186865dfa8b9f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
  */
 
 #define DEBUG_SUBSYSTEM S_CLASS
-# include <linux/atomic.h>
+
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 
 #include <obd_support.h>
 #include <obd_class.h>
@@ -462,7 +464,7 @@ static int __init obdclass_init(void)
 
 	err = misc_register(&obd_psdev);
 	if (err) {
-		CERROR("cannot register %d err %d\n", OBD_DEV_MINOR, err);
+		CERROR("cannot register OBD miscdevices: err %d\n", err);
 		return err;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-module.c
index 7bceee7f121e68744910a3144f4fe88d712f54fe..3b1d0961eebe313dc556bace45d3f89692968c1d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/linux/linux-module.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/lp.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -271,7 +270,7 @@ static const struct file_operations obd_psdev_fops = {
 
 /* modules setup */
 struct miscdevice obd_psdev = {
-	.minor = OBD_DEV_MINOR,
+	.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
 	.name  = OBD_DEV_NAME,
 	.fops  = &obd_psdev_fops,
 };