diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index f5802e7b08e9..c6de566188e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ static int __init ppp_init(void)
 			err = PTR_ERR(ppp_class);
 			goto out_chrdev;
 		}
-		class_device_create(ppp_class, NULL, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0), NULL, "ppp");
+		device_create(ppp_class, NULL, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0), "ppp");
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -2675,7 +2675,7 @@ static void __exit ppp_cleanup(void)
 	cardmap_destroy(&all_ppp_units);
 	if (unregister_chrdev(PPP_MAJOR, "ppp") != 0)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "PPP: failed to unregister PPP device\n");
-	class_device_destroy(ppp_class, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0));
+	device_destroy(ppp_class, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0));
 	class_destroy(ppp_class);
 }