diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c
index 8d7b9bb..1003763
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_sysfs.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_read_crb(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 				     struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf,
 				     loff_t offset, size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret;
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_write_crb(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 				      struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf,
 				      loff_t offset, size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret;
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_read_mem(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 				     struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf,
 				     loff_t offset, size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	u64 data;
 	int ret;
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_write_mem(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 				      struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf,
 				      loff_t offset, size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	u64 data;
 	int ret;
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_write_pm_config(struct file *filp,
 					    char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					    size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct qlcnic_pm_func_cfg *pm_cfg;
 	u32 id, action, pci_func;
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_read_pm_config(struct file *filp,
 					   char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					   size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct qlcnic_pm_func_cfg *pm_cfg;
 	u8 pci_func;
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_write_esw_config(struct file *file,
 					     char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					     size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct qlcnic_esw_func_cfg *esw_cfg;
 	struct qlcnic_npar_info *npar;
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_read_esw_config(struct file *file,
 					    char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					    size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct qlcnic_esw_func_cfg *esw_cfg;
 	u8 pci_func;
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_write_npar_config(struct file *file,
 					      char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					      size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct qlcnic_info nic_info;
 	struct qlcnic_npar_func_cfg *np_cfg;
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_read_npar_config(struct file *file,
 					     char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					     size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct qlcnic_npar_func_cfg *np_cfg;
 	struct qlcnic_info nic_info;
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_get_port_stats(struct file *file,
 					   char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					   size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct qlcnic_esw_statistics port_stats;
 	int ret;
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_get_esw_stats(struct file *file,
 					  char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					  size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct qlcnic_esw_statistics esw_stats;
 	int ret;
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_clear_esw_stats(struct file *file,
 					    char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					    size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret;
 
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_clear_port_stats(struct file *file,
 					     size_t size)
 {
 
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret;
 
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_sysfs_read_pci_config(struct file *file,
 					    char *buf, loff_t offset,
 					    size_t size)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct qlcnic_pci_func_cfg *pci_cfg;
 	struct qlcnic_pci_info *pci_info;
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_83xx_sysfs_flash_read_handler(struct file *filp,
 {
 	unsigned char *p_read_buf;
 	int  ret, count;
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	if (!size)
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static ssize_t qlcnic_83xx_sysfs_flash_write_handler(struct file *filp,
 	int  ret;
 	static int flash_mode;
 	unsigned long data;
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	ret = kstrtoul(buf, 16, &data);
