diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index 7fea9ae60f130..bc67a7ee872bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -1799,8 +1799,7 @@ static ssize_t veth_pool_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 	struct ibmveth_buff_pool *pool = container_of(kobj,
 						      struct ibmveth_buff_pool,
 						      kobj);
-	struct net_device *netdev = dev_get_drvdata(
-	    container_of(kobj->parent, struct device, kobj));
+	struct net_device *netdev = dev_get_drvdata(kobj_to_dev(kobj->parent));
 	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	long value = simple_strtol(buf, NULL, 10);
 	long rc;