static unsigned total_bsr_devs;
 static LIST_HEAD(bsr_devs);
-static struct class *bsr_class;
 static int bsr_major;
 
 enum {
 };
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(bsr_dev);
 
+static const struct class bsr_class = {
+       .name           = "bsr",
+       .dev_groups     = bsr_dev_groups,
+};
+
 static int bsr_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
        unsigned long size   = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
                        goto out_err;
                }
 
-               cur->bsr_device = device_create(bsr_class, NULL, cur->bsr_dev,
+               cur->bsr_device = device_create(&bsr_class, NULL, cur->bsr_dev,
                                                cur, "%s", cur->bsr_name);
                if (IS_ERR(cur->bsr_device)) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR "device_create failed for %s\n",
        if (!np)
                goto out_err;
 
-       bsr_class = class_create("bsr");
-       if (IS_ERR(bsr_class)) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "class_create() failed for bsr_class\n");
-               ret = PTR_ERR(bsr_class);
+       ret = class_register(&bsr_class);
+       if (err)
                goto out_err_1;
-       }
-       bsr_class->dev_groups = bsr_dev_groups;
 
        ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&bsr_dev, 0, BSR_MAX_DEVS, "bsr");
        bsr_major = MAJOR(bsr_dev);
        unregister_chrdev_region(bsr_dev, BSR_MAX_DEVS);
 
  out_err_2:
-       class_destroy(bsr_class);
+       class_unregister(&bsr_class);
 
  out_err_1:
        of_node_put(np);
 
        bsr_cleanup_devs();
 
-       if (bsr_class)
-               class_destroy(bsr_class);
+       class_unregister(&bsr_class);
 
        if (bsr_major)
                unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(bsr_major, 0), BSR_MAX_DEVS);