diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
index c43c1dc3333373..1779b85f014e2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst
@@ -98,13 +98,11 @@ structure to represent a mediated device's driver::
 
      /*
       * struct mdev_driver [2] - Mediated device's driver
-      * @name: driver name
       * @probe: called when new device created
       * @remove: called when device removed
       * @driver: device driver structure
       */
      struct mdev_driver {
-	     const char *name;
 	     int  (*probe)  (struct mdev_device *dev);
 	     void (*remove) (struct mdev_device *dev);
 	     struct device_driver    driver;
@@ -115,8 +113,7 @@ to register and unregister itself with the core driver:
 
 * Register::
 
-    extern int  mdev_register_driver(struct mdev_driver *drv,
-				   struct module *owner);
+    extern int  mdev_register_driver(struct mdev_driver *drv);
 
 * Unregister::
 
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
index 44c3ba7e56d923..041699571b7e55 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ static void mdev_detach_iommu(struct mdev_device *mdev)
 
 static int mdev_probe(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct mdev_driver *drv = to_mdev_driver(dev->driver);
+	struct mdev_driver *drv =
+		container_of(dev->driver, struct mdev_driver, driver);
 	struct mdev_device *mdev = to_mdev_device(dev);
 	int ret;
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ static int mdev_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (drv && drv->probe) {
+	if (drv->probe) {
 		ret = drv->probe(mdev);
 		if (ret)
 			mdev_detach_iommu(mdev);
@@ -58,10 +59,11 @@ static int mdev_probe(struct device *dev)
 
 static int mdev_remove(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct mdev_driver *drv = to_mdev_driver(dev->driver);
+	struct mdev_driver *drv =
+		container_of(dev->driver, struct mdev_driver, driver);
 	struct mdev_device *mdev = to_mdev_device(dev);
 
-	if (drv && drv->remove)
+	if (drv->remove)
 		drv->remove(mdev);
 
 	mdev_detach_iommu(mdev);
@@ -79,16 +81,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mdev_bus_type);
 /**
  * mdev_register_driver - register a new MDEV driver
  * @drv: the driver to register
- * @owner: module owner of driver to be registered
  *
  * Returns a negative value on error, otherwise 0.
  **/
-int mdev_register_driver(struct mdev_driver *drv, struct module *owner)
+int mdev_register_driver(struct mdev_driver *drv)
 {
 	/* initialize common driver fields */
-	drv->driver.name = drv->name;
 	drv->driver.bus = &mdev_bus_type;
-	drv->driver.owner = owner;
 
 	/* register with core */
 	return driver_register(&drv->driver);
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c
index 91b7b8b9eb9cb8..cc9507ed85a181 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c
@@ -152,14 +152,18 @@ static void vfio_mdev_remove(struct mdev_device *mdev)
 }
 
 static struct mdev_driver vfio_mdev_driver = {
-	.name	= "vfio_mdev",
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "vfio_mdev",
+		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+		.mod_name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
+	},
 	.probe	= vfio_mdev_probe,
 	.remove	= vfio_mdev_remove,
 };
 
 static int __init vfio_mdev_init(void)
 {
-	return mdev_register_driver(&vfio_mdev_driver, THIS_MODULE);
+	return mdev_register_driver(&vfio_mdev_driver);
 }
 
 static void __exit vfio_mdev_exit(void)
diff --git a/include/linux/mdev.h b/include/linux/mdev.h
index 52f7ea19dd0f56..cb771c712da0f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/mdev.h
@@ -137,21 +137,17 @@ struct mdev_type_attribute mdev_type_attr_##_name =		\
 
 /**
  * struct mdev_driver - Mediated device driver
- * @name: driver name
  * @probe: called when new device created
  * @remove: called when device removed
  * @driver: device driver structure
  *
  **/
 struct mdev_driver {
-	const char *name;
 	int (*probe)(struct mdev_device *dev);
 	void (*remove)(struct mdev_device *dev);
 	struct device_driver driver;
 };
 
-#define to_mdev_driver(drv)	container_of(drv, struct mdev_driver, driver)
-
 static inline void *mdev_get_drvdata(struct mdev_device *mdev)
 {
 	return mdev->driver_data;
@@ -170,7 +166,7 @@ extern struct bus_type mdev_bus_type;
 int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct mdev_parent_ops *ops);
 void mdev_unregister_device(struct device *dev);
 
-int mdev_register_driver(struct mdev_driver *drv, struct module *owner);
+int mdev_register_driver(struct mdev_driver *drv);
 void mdev_unregister_driver(struct mdev_driver *drv);
 
 struct device *mdev_parent_dev(struct mdev_device *mdev);
