diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index 86bb93fd7db8bd3bd08a630fe379ffe5543abef0..d89d5cb465d9b6db83db36965a4b35e610e31fe3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -943,8 +943,8 @@ int __video_register_device(struct video_device *vdev, int type, int nr,
 	    vdev->vfl_type != VFL_TYPE_SUBDEV) {
 		vdev->entity.type = MEDIA_ENT_T_DEVNODE_V4L;
 		vdev->entity.name = vdev->name;
-		vdev->entity.info.v4l.major = VIDEO_MAJOR;
-		vdev->entity.info.v4l.minor = vdev->minor;
+		vdev->entity.info.dev.major = VIDEO_MAJOR;
+		vdev->entity.info.dev.minor = vdev->minor;
 		ret = media_device_register_entity(vdev->v4l2_dev->mdev,
 			&vdev->entity);
 		if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
index 015f92aab44a85b602c0ae58b3632fe7661015cf..204cc67c84e81dcbf1a2b46448662d8309ead5db 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-device.c
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ int v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(struct v4l2_device *v4l2_dev)
 			goto clean_up;
 		}
 #if defined(CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER)
-		sd->entity.info.v4l.major = VIDEO_MAJOR;
-		sd->entity.info.v4l.minor = vdev->minor;
+		sd->entity.info.dev.major = VIDEO_MAJOR;
+		sd->entity.info.dev.minor = vdev->minor;
 #endif
 		sd->devnode = vdev;
 	}
diff --git a/include/media/media-entity.h b/include/media/media-entity.h
index e00459185d2079161424b069c9e9c6bece2210c5..d6d74bcfe1839e9d89280182164d3e9a9c659ce6 100644
--- a/include/media/media-entity.h
+++ b/include/media/media-entity.h
@@ -87,17 +87,7 @@ struct media_entity {
 		struct {
 			u32 major;
 			u32 minor;
-		} v4l;
-		struct {
-			u32 major;
-			u32 minor;
-		} fb;
-		struct {
-			u32 card;
-			u32 device;
-			u32 subdevice;
-		} alsa;
-		int dvb;
+		} dev;
 
 		/* Sub-device specifications */
 		/* Nothing needed yet */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/media.h b/include/uapi/linux/media.h
index d847c760e8f09c49fec028cbe3a7b599cee2e60f..418f4fec391a17fc66ba2e4a129e5875f283a407 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/media.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/media.h
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ struct media_entity_desc {
 
 	union {
 		/* Node specifications */
+		struct {
+			__u32 major;
+			__u32 minor;
+		} dev;
+
+#if 1
+		/*
+		 * DEPRECATED: previous node specifications. Kept just to
+		 * avoid breaking compilation, but media_entity_desc.dev
+		 * should be used instead. In particular, alsa and dvb
+		 * fields below are wrong: for all devnodes, there should
+		 * be just major/minor inside the struct, as this is enough
+		 * to represent any devnode, no matter what type.
+		 */
 		struct {
 			__u32 major;
 			__u32 minor;
@@ -89,6 +103,7 @@ struct media_entity_desc {
 			__u32 subdevice;
 		} alsa;
 		int dvb;
+#endif
 
 		/* Sub-device specifications */
 		/* Nothing needed yet */