diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 4dc0d27..9ae28aa 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_vargs);
 
 /**
- * device_create_drvdata - creates a device and registers it with sysfs
+ * device_create - creates a device and registers it with sysfs
  * @class: pointer to the struct class that this device should be registered to
  * @parent: pointer to the parent struct device of this new device, if any
  * @devt: the dev_t for the char device to be added
@@ -1257,11 +1257,8 @@
  * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
  * been created with a call to class_create().
  */
-struct device *device_create_drvdata(struct class *class,
-				     struct device *parent,
-				     dev_t devt,
-				     void *drvdata,
-				     const char *fmt, ...)
+struct device *device_create(struct class *class, struct device *parent,
+			     dev_t devt, void *drvdata, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list vargs;
 	struct device *dev;
@@ -1271,7 +1268,7 @@
 	va_end(vargs);
 	return dev;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_drvdata);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create);
 
 static int __match_devt(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index a3ef5a2..de17871 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -470,12 +470,11 @@
 					  void *drvdata,
 					  const char *fmt,
 					  va_list vargs);
-extern struct device *device_create_drvdata(struct class *cls,
-					    struct device *parent,
-					    dev_t devt,
-					    void *drvdata,
-					    const char *fmt, ...)
+extern struct device *device_create(struct class *cls, struct device *parent,
+				    dev_t devt, void *drvdata,
+				    const char *fmt, ...)
 				    __attribute__((format(printf, 5, 6)));
+#define device_create_drvdata	device_create
 extern void device_destroy(struct class *cls, dev_t devt);
 
 /*