diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
index a5a55da2a1a..b6ad0de0793 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
@@ -69,23 +69,9 @@ static ssize_t dcssblk_add_store(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute *a
 				  size_t count);
 static ssize_t dcssblk_remove_store(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char * buf,
 				  size_t count);
-static ssize_t dcssblk_save_store(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char * buf,
-				  size_t count);
-static ssize_t dcssblk_save_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
-static ssize_t dcssblk_shared_store(struct device * dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char * buf,
-				  size_t count);
-static ssize_t dcssblk_shared_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf);
-static ssize_t dcssblk_seglist_show(struct device *dev,
-				struct device_attribute *attr,
-				char *buf);
 
 static DEVICE_ATTR(add, S_IWUSR, NULL, dcssblk_add_store);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(remove, S_IWUSR, NULL, dcssblk_remove_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(save, S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR, dcssblk_save_show,
-		   dcssblk_save_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(shared, S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR, dcssblk_shared_show,
-		   dcssblk_shared_store);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(seglist, S_IRUSR, dcssblk_seglist_show, NULL);
 
 static struct device *dcssblk_root_dev;
 
@@ -416,6 +402,8 @@ out:
 	up_write(&dcssblk_devices_sem);
 	return rc;
 }
+static DEVICE_ATTR(shared, S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR, dcssblk_shared_show,
+		   dcssblk_shared_store);
 
 /*
  * device attribute for save operation on current copy
@@ -476,6 +464,8 @@ dcssblk_save_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char
 	up_write(&dcssblk_devices_sem);
 	return count;
 }
+static DEVICE_ATTR(save, S_IWUSR | S_IRUSR, dcssblk_save_show,
+		   dcssblk_save_store);
 
 /*
  * device attribute for showing all segments in a device
@@ -502,6 +492,21 @@ dcssblk_seglist_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	up_read(&dcssblk_devices_sem);
 	return i;
 }
+static DEVICE_ATTR(seglist, S_IRUSR, dcssblk_seglist_show, NULL);
+
+static struct attribute *dcssblk_dev_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_shared.attr,
+	&dev_attr_save.attr,
+	&dev_attr_seglist.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+static struct attribute_group dcssblk_dev_attr_group = {
+	.attrs = dcssblk_dev_attrs,
+};
+static const struct attribute_group *dcssblk_dev_attr_groups[] = {
+	&dcssblk_dev_attr_group,
+	NULL,
+};
 
 /*
  * device attribute for adding devices
@@ -590,6 +595,7 @@ dcssblk_add_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char
 
 	dev_set_name(&dev_info->dev, dev_info->segment_name);
 	dev_info->dev.release = dcssblk_release_segment;
+	dev_info->dev.groups = dcssblk_dev_attr_groups;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev_info->lh);
 	dev_info->gd = alloc_disk(DCSSBLK_MINORS_PER_DISK);
 	if (dev_info->gd == NULL) {
@@ -637,21 +643,10 @@ dcssblk_add_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char
 	 * register the device
 	 */
 	rc = device_register(&dev_info->dev);
-	if (rc) {
-		module_put(THIS_MODULE);
-		goto dev_list_del;
-	}
-	get_device(&dev_info->dev);
-	rc = device_create_file(&dev_info->dev, &dev_attr_shared);
 	if (rc)
-		goto unregister_dev;
-	rc = device_create_file(&dev_info->dev, &dev_attr_save);
-	if (rc)
-		goto unregister_dev;
-	rc = device_create_file(&dev_info->dev, &dev_attr_seglist);
-	if (rc)
-		goto unregister_dev;
+		goto put_dev;
 
+	get_device(&dev_info->dev);
 	add_disk(dev_info->gd);
 
 	switch (dev_info->segment_type) {
@@ -668,12 +663,11 @@ dcssblk_add_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, const char
 	rc = count;
 	goto out;
 
-unregister_dev:
+put_dev:
 	list_del(&dev_info->lh);
 	blk_cleanup_queue(dev_info->dcssblk_queue);
 	dev_info->gd->queue = NULL;
 	put_disk(dev_info->gd);
-	device_unregister(&dev_info->dev);
 	list_for_each_entry(seg_info, &dev_info->seg_list, lh) {
 		segment_unload(seg_info->segment_name);
 	}