diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 8365bd53c421..6b8091407ca3 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
 #include "br_private.h"
 
-#define to_dev(obj)	container_of(obj, struct device, kobj)
 #define to_bridge(cd)	((struct net_bridge *)netdev_priv(to_net_dev(cd)))
 
 /*
@@ -814,7 +813,7 @@ static ssize_t brforward_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 			      struct bin_attribute *bin_attr,
 			      char *buf, loff_t off, size_t count)
 {
-	struct device *dev = to_dev(kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(dev);
 	int n;