snd_assert(card != NULL, return -EINVAL);
 #ifndef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
        if (!card->card_dev) {
-               card->card_dev = device_create(sound_class, card->dev, 0,
-                                              "card%i", card->number);
+               card->card_dev = device_create_drvdata(sound_class, card->dev,
+                                                      MKDEV(0, 0), NULL,
+                                                      "card%i", card->number);
                if (IS_ERR(card->card_dev))
                        card->card_dev = NULL;
        }
 
        sound_dmap_flag = (dmabuf > 0 ? 1 : 0);
 
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dev_list); i++) {
-               device_create(sound_class, NULL,
-                             MKDEV(SOUND_MAJOR, dev_list[i].minor),
-                             "%s", dev_list[i].name);
+               device_create_drvdata(sound_class, NULL,
+                                     MKDEV(SOUND_MAJOR, dev_list[i].minor),
+                                     NULL, "%s", dev_list[i].name);
 
                if (!dev_list[i].num)
                        continue;
 
                for (j = 1; j < *dev_list[i].num; j++)
-                       device_create(sound_class, NULL,
-                                     MKDEV(SOUND_MAJOR, dev_list[i].minor + (j*0x10)),
-                                     "%s%d", dev_list[i].name, j);
+                       device_create_drvdata(sound_class, NULL,
+                                             MKDEV(SOUND_MAJOR,
+                                                   dev_list[i].minor + (j*0x10)),
+                                             NULL,
+                                             "%s%d", dev_list[i].name, j);
        }
 
        if (sound_nblocks >= 1024)
 
        else
                sprintf(s->name, "sound/%s%d", name, r / SOUND_STEP);
 
-       device_create(sound_class, dev, MKDEV(SOUND_MAJOR, s->unit_minor),
-                     s->name+6);
+       device_create_drvdata(sound_class, dev,
+                             MKDEV(SOUND_MAJOR, s->unit_minor),
+                             NULL, s->name+6);
        return r;
 
  fail: