*/
 static unsigned int pseudo_lock_major;
 static unsigned long pseudo_lock_minor_avail = GENMASK(MINORBITS, 0);
-static struct class *pseudo_lock_class;
+
+static char *pseudo_lock_devnode(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
+{
+       const struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp;
+
+       rdtgrp = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+       if (mode)
+               *mode = 0600;
+       return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "pseudo_lock/%s", rdtgrp->kn->name);
+}
+
+static const struct class pseudo_lock_class = {
+       .name = "pseudo_lock",
+       .devnode = pseudo_lock_devnode,
+};
 
 /**
  * get_prefetch_disable_bits - prefetch disable bits of supported platforms
                                            &pseudo_measure_fops);
        }
 
-       dev = device_create(pseudo_lock_class, NULL,
+       dev = device_create(&pseudo_lock_class, NULL,
                            MKDEV(pseudo_lock_major, new_minor),
                            rdtgrp, "%s", rdtgrp->kn->name);
 
        goto out;
 
 out_device:
-       device_destroy(pseudo_lock_class, MKDEV(pseudo_lock_major, new_minor));
+       device_destroy(&pseudo_lock_class, MKDEV(pseudo_lock_major, new_minor));
 out_debugfs:
        debugfs_remove_recursive(plr->debugfs_dir);
        pseudo_lock_minor_release(new_minor);
 
        pseudo_lock_cstates_relax(plr);
        debugfs_remove_recursive(rdtgrp->plr->debugfs_dir);
-       device_destroy(pseudo_lock_class, MKDEV(pseudo_lock_major, plr->minor));
+       device_destroy(&pseudo_lock_class, MKDEV(pseudo_lock_major, plr->minor));
        pseudo_lock_minor_release(plr->minor);
 
 free:
        .mmap =         pseudo_lock_dev_mmap,
 };
 
-static char *pseudo_lock_devnode(const struct device *dev, umode_t *mode)
-{
-       const struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp;
-
-       rdtgrp = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-       if (mode)
-               *mode = 0600;
-       return kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "pseudo_lock/%s", rdtgrp->kn->name);
-}
-
 int rdt_pseudo_lock_init(void)
 {
        int ret;
 
        pseudo_lock_major = ret;
 
-       pseudo_lock_class = class_create("pseudo_lock");
-       if (IS_ERR(pseudo_lock_class)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(pseudo_lock_class);
+       ret = class_register(&pseudo_lock_class);
+       if (ret) {
                unregister_chrdev(pseudo_lock_major, "pseudo_lock");
                return ret;
        }
 
-       pseudo_lock_class->devnode = pseudo_lock_devnode;
        return 0;
 }
 
 void rdt_pseudo_lock_release(void)
 {
-       class_destroy(pseudo_lock_class);
-       pseudo_lock_class = NULL;
+       class_unregister(&pseudo_lock_class);
        unregister_chrdev(pseudo_lock_major, "pseudo_lock");
        pseudo_lock_major = 0;
 }