* @chan:              iio channel being queried.
  */
 struct adc_jack_data {
-       struct extcon_dev edev;
+       struct extcon_dev *edev;
 
        const char **cable_names;
        int num_cables;
 
        ret = iio_read_channel_raw(data->chan, &adc_val);
        if (ret < 0) {
-               dev_err(&data->edev.dev, "read channel() error: %d\n", ret);
+               dev_err(&data->edev->dev, "read channel() error: %d\n", ret);
                return;
        }
 
        }
        /* if no def has met, it means state = 0 (no cables attached) */
 
-       extcon_set_state(&data->edev, state);
+       extcon_set_state(data->edev, state);
 }
 
 static irqreturn_t adc_jack_irq_thread(int irq, void *_data)
        if (!data)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       data->edev.name = pdata->name;
-
        if (!pdata->cable_names) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error: cable_names not defined.\n");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       data->edev.dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
-       data->edev.supported_cable = pdata->cable_names;
+       data->edev = devm_extcon_dev_allocate(&pdev->dev, pdata->cable_names);
+       if (IS_ERR(data->edev)) {
+               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate extcon device\n");
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+       data->edev->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
+       data->edev->name = pdata->name;
 
        /* Check the length of array and set num_cables */
-       for (i = 0; data->edev.supported_cable[i]; i++)
+       for (i = 0; data->edev->supported_cable[i]; i++)
                ;
        if (i == 0 || i > SUPPORTED_CABLE_MAX) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error: pdata->cable_names size = %d\n",
 
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
 
-       err = devm_extcon_dev_register(&pdev->dev, &data->edev);
+       err = devm_extcon_dev_register(&pdev->dev, data->edev);
        if (err)
                return err;