spin_unlock(&drv->dynids.lock);
 }
 
-/* Parse string of form: 1b4e28ba-2fa1-11d2-883f-b9a761bde3f */
-static int get_uuid_le(const char *str, uuid_le *uu)
-{
-       unsigned int b[16];
-       int i;
-
-       if (strlen(str) < 37)
-               return -1;
-
-       for (i = 0; i < 36; i++) {
-               switch (i) {
-               case 8: case 13: case 18: case 23:
-                       if (str[i] != '-')
-                               return -1;
-                       break;
-               default:
-                       if (!isxdigit(str[i]))
-                               return -1;
-               }
-       }
-
-       /* unparse little endian output byte order */
-       if (sscanf(str,
-                  "%2x%2x%2x%2x-%2x%2x-%2x%2x-%2x%2x-%2x%2x%2x%2x%2x%2x",
-                  &b[3], &b[2], &b[1], &b[0],
-                  &b[5], &b[4], &b[7], &b[6], &b[8], &b[9],
-                  &b[10], &b[11], &b[12], &b[13], &b[14], &b[15]) != 16)
-               return -1;
-
-       for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-               uu->b[i] = b[i];
-       return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * store_new_id - sysfs frontend to vmbus_add_dynid()
  *
                            size_t count)
 {
        struct hv_driver *drv = drv_to_hv_drv(driver);
-       uuid_le guid = NULL_UUID_LE;
+       uuid_le guid;
        ssize_t retval;
 
-       if (get_uuid_le(buf, &guid) != 0)
-               return -EINVAL;
+       retval = uuid_le_to_bin(buf, &guid);
+       if (retval)
+               return retval;
 
        if (hv_vmbus_get_id(drv, &guid))
                return -EEXIST;
 {
        struct hv_driver *drv = drv_to_hv_drv(driver);
        struct vmbus_dynid *dynid, *n;
-       uuid_le guid = NULL_UUID_LE;
-       size_t retval = -ENODEV;
+       uuid_le guid;
+       ssize_t retval;
 
-       if (get_uuid_le(buf, &guid))
-               return -EINVAL;
+       retval = uuid_le_to_bin(buf, &guid);
+       if (retval)
+               return retval;
 
+       retval = -ENODEV;
        spin_lock(&drv->dynids.lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(dynid, n, &drv->dynids.list, node) {
                struct hv_vmbus_device_id *id = &dynid->id;