diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 419976b40bf4..e90e3cceb5f8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -2175,9 +2175,8 @@ int comedi_alloc_board_minor(struct device *hardware_device)
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	info->device->minor = i;
-	csdev = COMEDI_DEVICE_CREATE(comedi_class, NULL,
-				     MKDEV(COMEDI_MAJOR, i), NULL,
-				     hardware_device, "comedi%i", i);
+	csdev = device_create(comedi_class, hardware_device,
+			      MKDEV(COMEDI_MAJOR, i), NULL, "comedi%i", i);
 	if (!IS_ERR(csdev))
 		info->device->class_dev = csdev;
 	dev_set_drvdata(csdev, info);
@@ -2276,10 +2275,9 @@ int comedi_alloc_subdevice_minor(struct comedi_device *dev,
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	s->minor = i;
-	csdev = COMEDI_DEVICE_CREATE(comedi_class, dev->class_dev,
-				     MKDEV(COMEDI_MAJOR, i), NULL, NULL,
-				     "comedi%i_subd%i", dev->minor,
-				     (int)(s - dev->subdevices));
+	csdev = device_create(comedi_class, dev->class_dev,
+			      MKDEV(COMEDI_MAJOR, i), NULL, "comedi%i_subd%i",
+			      dev->minor, (int)(s - dev->subdevices));
 	if (!IS_ERR(csdev))
 		s->class_dev = csdev;
 	dev_set_drvdata(csdev, info);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
index 68aa9176d249..7a0d4bcbc355 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@
 #define COMEDI_NUM_BOARD_MINORS 0x30
 #define COMEDI_FIRST_SUBDEVICE_MINOR COMEDI_NUM_BOARD_MINORS
 
-#define COMEDI_DEVICE_CREATE(cs, parent, devt, drvdata, device, fmt...) \
-	device_create(cs, ((parent) ? (parent) : (device)), devt, drvdata, fmt)
-
 struct comedi_subdevice {
 	struct comedi_device *device;
 	int type;