diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index 944f850d1118..f31bc4c48644 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -116,12 +116,6 @@ struct pdev_entry {
 static LIST_HEAD(pdev_list);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(pdev_list_mutex);
 
-static ssize_t show_name(struct device *dev,
-			struct device_attribute *devattr, char *buf)
-{
-	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", DRVNAME);
-}
-
 static ssize_t show_label(struct device *dev,
 				struct device_attribute *devattr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -395,16 +389,6 @@ static int get_tjmax(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, u32 id, struct device *dev)
 	return adjust_tjmax(c, id, dev);
 }
 
-static int create_name_attr(struct platform_data *pdata,
-				      struct device *dev)
-{
-	sysfs_attr_init(&pdata->name_attr.attr);
-	pdata->name_attr.attr.name = "name";
-	pdata->name_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
-	pdata->name_attr.show = show_name;
-	return device_create_file(dev, &pdata->name_attr);
-}
-
 static int create_core_attrs(struct temp_data *tdata, struct device *dev,
 			     int attr_no)
 {
@@ -544,7 +528,7 @@ static int create_core_data(struct platform_device *pdev, unsigned int cpu,
 	pdata->core_data[attr_no] = tdata;
 
 	/* Create sysfs interfaces */
-	err = create_core_attrs(tdata, &pdev->dev, attr_no);
+	err = create_core_attrs(tdata, pdata->hwmon_dev, attr_no);
 	if (err)
 		goto exit_free;
 
@@ -569,12 +553,12 @@ static void coretemp_add_core(unsigned int cpu, int pkg_flag)
 }
 
 static void coretemp_remove_core(struct platform_data *pdata,
-				struct device *dev, int indx)
+				 int indx)
 {
 	struct temp_data *tdata = pdata->core_data[indx];
 
 	/* Remove the sysfs attributes */
-	sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, &tdata->attr_group);
+	sysfs_remove_group(&pdata->hwmon_dev->kobj, &tdata->attr_group);
 
 	kfree(pdata->core_data[indx]);
 	pdata->core_data[indx] = NULL;
@@ -584,31 +568,18 @@ static int coretemp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct platform_data *pdata;
-	int err;
 
 	/* Initialize the per-package data structures */
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct platform_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdata)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	err = create_name_attr(pdata, dev);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
 	pdata->phys_proc_id = pdev->id;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pdata);
 
-	pdata->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register(dev);
-	if (IS_ERR(pdata->hwmon_dev)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(pdata->hwmon_dev);
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Class registration failed (%d)\n", err);
-		goto exit_name;
-	}
-	return 0;
-
-exit_name:
-	device_remove_file(&pdev->dev, &pdata->name_attr);
-	return err;
+	pdata->hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(dev, DRVNAME,
+								  pdata, NULL);
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pdata->hwmon_dev);
 }
 
 static int coretemp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -618,10 +589,8 @@ static int coretemp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	for (i = MAX_CORE_DATA - 1; i >= 0; --i)
 		if (pdata->core_data[i])
-			coretemp_remove_core(pdata, &pdev->dev, i);
+			coretemp_remove_core(pdata, i);
 
-	device_remove_file(&pdev->dev, &pdata->name_attr);
-	hwmon_device_unregister(pdata->hwmon_dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -769,7 +738,7 @@ static void put_core_offline(unsigned int cpu)
 		return;
 
 	if (pdata->core_data[indx] && pdata->core_data[indx]->cpu == cpu)
-		coretemp_remove_core(pdata, &pdev->dev, indx);
+		coretemp_remove_core(pdata, indx);
 
 	/*
 	 * If a HT sibling of a core is taken offline, but another HT sibling