diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index f75d1ccc5c58..0992dff55959 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ struct snd_soc_card {
 
 /* SoC machine DAI configuration, glues a codec and cpu DAI together */
 struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime {
-	struct device dev;
+	struct device *dev;
 	struct snd_soc_card *card;
 	struct snd_soc_dai_link *dai_link;
 	struct mutex pcm_mutex;
@@ -933,12 +933,12 @@ static inline void *snd_soc_platform_get_drvdata(struct snd_soc_platform *platfo
 static inline void snd_soc_pcm_set_drvdata(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd,
 		void *data)
 {
-	dev_set_drvdata(&rtd->dev, data);
+	dev_set_drvdata(rtd->dev, data);
 }
 
 static inline void *snd_soc_pcm_get_drvdata(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
-	return dev_get_drvdata(&rtd->dev);
+	return dev_get_drvdata(rtd->dev);
 }
 
 static inline void snd_soc_initialize_card_lists(struct snd_soc_card *card)
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index acbb96005a69..3986520b4677 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ static ssize_t soc_codec_reg_show(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, char *buf,
 static ssize_t codec_reg_show(struct device *dev,
 	struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd =
-			container_of(dev, struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime, dev);
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	return soc_codec_reg_show(rtd->codec, buf, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
 }
@@ -180,8 +179,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(codec_reg, 0444, codec_reg_show, NULL);
 static ssize_t pmdown_time_show(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd =
-			container_of(dev, struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime, dev);
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%ld\n", rtd->pmdown_time);
 }
@@ -190,8 +188,7 @@ static ssize_t pmdown_time_set(struct device *dev,
 			       struct device_attribute *attr,
 			       const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd =
-			container_of(dev, struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime, dev);
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = strict_strtol(buf, 10, &rtd->pmdown_time);
@@ -884,9 +881,9 @@ static void soc_remove_dai_link(struct snd_soc_card *card, int num, int order)
 
 	/* unregister the rtd device */
 	if (rtd->dev_registered) {
-		device_remove_file(&rtd->dev, &dev_attr_pmdown_time);
-		device_remove_file(&rtd->dev, &dev_attr_codec_reg);
-		device_unregister(&rtd->dev);
+		device_remove_file(rtd->dev, &dev_attr_pmdown_time);
+		device_remove_file(rtd->dev, &dev_attr_codec_reg);
+		device_unregister(rtd->dev);
 		rtd->dev_registered = 0;
 	}
 
@@ -1061,7 +1058,10 @@ static int soc_probe_platform(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void rtd_release(struct device *dev) {}
+static void rtd_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	kfree(dev);
+}
 
 static int soc_post_component_init(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 				   struct snd_soc_codec *codec,
@@ -1104,11 +1104,17 @@ static int soc_post_component_init(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 
 	/* register the rtd device */
 	rtd->codec = codec;
-	rtd->dev.parent = card->dev;
-	rtd->dev.release = rtd_release;
-	rtd->dev.init_name = name;
+
+	rtd->dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!rtd->dev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	device_initialize(rtd->dev);
+	rtd->dev->parent = card->dev;
+	rtd->dev->release = rtd_release;
+	rtd->dev->init_name = name;
+	dev_set_drvdata(rtd->dev, rtd);
 	mutex_init(&rtd->pcm_mutex);
-	ret = device_register(&rtd->dev);
+	ret = device_add(rtd->dev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(card->dev,
 			"asoc: failed to register runtime device: %d\n", ret);
@@ -1117,14 +1123,14 @@ static int soc_post_component_init(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 	rtd->dev_registered = 1;
 
 	/* add DAPM sysfs entries for this codec */
-	ret = snd_soc_dapm_sys_add(&rtd->dev);
+	ret = snd_soc_dapm_sys_add(rtd->dev);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		dev_err(codec->dev,
 			"asoc: failed to add codec dapm sysfs entries: %d\n",
 			ret);
 
 	/* add codec sysfs entries */
-	ret = device_create_file(&rtd->dev, &dev_attr_codec_reg);
+	ret = device_create_file(rtd->dev, &dev_attr_codec_reg);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		dev_err(codec->dev,
 			"asoc: failed to add codec sysfs files: %d\n", ret);
@@ -1213,7 +1219,7 @@ static int soc_probe_dai_link(struct snd_soc_card *card, int num, int order)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = device_create_file(&rtd->dev, &dev_attr_pmdown_time);
+	ret = device_create_file(rtd->dev, &dev_attr_pmdown_time);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "asoc: failed to add pmdown_time sysfs\n");
 
@@ -1311,8 +1317,8 @@ static void soc_remove_aux_dev(struct snd_soc_card *card, int num)
 
 	/* unregister the rtd device */
 	if (rtd->dev_registered) {
-		device_remove_file(&rtd->dev, &dev_attr_codec_reg);
-		device_unregister(&rtd->dev);
+		device_remove_file(rtd->dev, &dev_attr_codec_reg);
+		device_del(rtd->dev);
 		rtd->dev_registered = 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
index e174d0811dae..3ad1f59b8028 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-dapm.c
@@ -1738,8 +1738,7 @@ static int dapm_mixer_update_power(struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *widget,
 static ssize_t dapm_widget_show(struct device *dev,
 	struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd =
-			container_of(dev, struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime, dev);
+	struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	struct snd_soc_codec *codec =rtd->codec;
 	struct snd_soc_dapm_widget *w;
 	int count = 0;