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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/class.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index e085af0ff94f..71ce3ff6bdf5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ int class_register(struct class *cls)
if (error)
return error;
+ /* set the default /sys/dev directory for devices of this class */
+ if (!cls->dev_kobj)
+ cls->dev_kobj = sysfs_dev_char_kobj;
+
#if defined(CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED) && defined(CONFIG_BLOCK)
/* let the block class directory show up in the root of sysfs */
if (cls != &block_class)