diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index f8a483c67b07..d23368874710 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int register_device(int minor, struct pp_struct *pp)
 	struct parport *port;
 	struct pardevice *pdev = NULL;
 	char *name;
-	int fl;
+	struct pardev_cb ppdev_cb;
 
 	name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, CHRDEV "%x", minor);
 	if (name == NULL)
@@ -299,9 +299,11 @@ static int register_device(int minor, struct pp_struct *pp)
 		return -ENXIO;
 	}
 
-	fl = (pp->flags & PP_EXCL) ? PARPORT_FLAG_EXCL : 0;
-	pdev = parport_register_device(port, name, NULL,
-				       NULL, pp_irq, fl, pp);
+	memset(&ppdev_cb, 0, sizeof(ppdev_cb));
+	ppdev_cb.irq_func = pp_irq;
+	ppdev_cb.flags = (pp->flags & PP_EXCL) ? PARPORT_FLAG_EXCL : 0;
+	ppdev_cb.private = pp;
+	pdev = parport_register_dev_model(port, name, &ppdev_cb, minor);
 	parport_put_port(port);
 
 	if (!pdev) {
@@ -799,10 +801,23 @@ static void pp_detach(struct parport *port)
 	device_destroy(ppdev_class, MKDEV(PP_MAJOR, port->number));
 }
 
+static int pp_probe(struct pardevice *par_dev)
+{
+	struct device_driver *drv = par_dev->dev.driver;
+	int len = strlen(drv->name);
+
+	if (strncmp(par_dev->name, drv->name, len))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct parport_driver pp_driver = {
 	.name		= CHRDEV,
-	.attach		= pp_attach,
+	.probe		= pp_probe,
+	.match_port	= pp_attach,
 	.detach		= pp_detach,
+	.devmodel	= true,
 };
 
 static int __init ppdev_init(void)