diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
index 19f6b456234f..c187dcdf82f0 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/samsung-laptop.c
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ static int __init samsung_backlight_init(struct samsung_laptop *samsung)
 static umode_t samsung_sysfs_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
 					struct attribute *attr, int idx)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct samsung_laptop *samsung = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	bool ok = true;