diff --git a/rust/kernel/device.rs b/rust/kernel/device.rs
index 851018eef885..c8199ee079ef 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/device.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/device.rs
@@ -51,18 +51,9 @@ impl Device {
     ///
     /// It must also be ensured that `bindings::device::release` can be called from any thread.
     /// While not officially documented, this should be the case for any `struct device`.
-    pub unsafe fn from_raw(ptr: *mut bindings::device) -> ARef<Self> {
-        // SAFETY: By the safety requirements, ptr is valid.
-        // Initially increase the reference count by one to compensate for the final decrement once
-        // this newly created `ARef<Device>` instance is dropped.
-        unsafe { bindings::get_device(ptr) };
-
-        // CAST: `Self` is a `repr(transparent)` wrapper around `bindings::device`.
-        let ptr = ptr.cast::<Self>();
-
-        // SAFETY: `ptr` is valid by the safety requirements of this function. By the above call to
-        // `bindings::get_device` we also own a reference to the underlying `struct device`.
-        unsafe { ARef::from_raw(ptr::NonNull::new_unchecked(ptr)) }
+    pub unsafe fn get_device(ptr: *mut bindings::device) -> ARef<Self> {
+        // SAFETY: By the safety requirements ptr is valid
+        unsafe { Self::as_ref(ptr) }.into()
     }
 
     /// Obtain the raw `struct device *`.
diff --git a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
index dee5b4b18aec..13a374a5cdb7 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/firmware.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl FwFunc {
 ///
 /// # fn no_run() -> Result<(), Error> {
 /// # // SAFETY: *NOT* safe, just for the example to get an `ARef<Device>` instance
-/// # let dev = unsafe { Device::from_raw(core::ptr::null_mut()) };
+/// # let dev = unsafe { Device::get_device(core::ptr::null_mut()) };
 ///
 /// let fw = Firmware::request(c_str!("path/to/firmware.bin"), &dev)?;
 /// let blob = fw.data();