diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci.rs b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
index 1d1a253e5d5d..cd46ac12812c 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/pci.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ impl Device {
     ///     // Get an instance of `Vendor`.
     ///     let vendor = pdev.vendor_id();
     ///     dev_info!(
-    ///         pdev.as_ref(),
+    ///         pdev,
     ///         "Device: Vendor={}, Device=0x{:x}\n",
     ///         vendor,
     ///         pdev.device_id()
diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci/id.rs b/rust/kernel/pci/id.rs
index c09125946d9e..e2d9e8804347 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/pci/id.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/pci/id.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /// fn probe_device(pdev: &pci::Device<Core>) -> Result {
 ///     let pci_class = pdev.pci_class();
 ///     dev_info!(
-///         pdev.as_ref(),
+///         pdev,
 ///         "Detected PCI class: {}\n",
 ///         pci_class
 ///     );
diff --git a/samples/rust/rust_driver_pci.rs b/samples/rust/rust_driver_pci.rs
index 8eea79e858a2..4dfb8a6a4707 100644
--- a/samples/rust/rust_driver_pci.rs
+++ b/samples/rust/rust_driver_pci.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ fn probe(pdev: &pci::Device<Core>, info: &Self::IdInfo) -> impl PinInit<Self, Er
         pin_init::pin_init_scope(move || {
             let vendor = pdev.vendor_id();
             dev_dbg!(
-                pdev.as_ref(),
+                pdev,
                 "Probe Rust PCI driver sample (PCI ID: {}, 0x{:x}).\n",
                 vendor,
                 pdev.device_id()
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ fn probe(pdev: &pci::Device<Core>, info: &Self::IdInfo) -> impl PinInit<Self, Er
                     let bar = bar.access(pdev.as_ref())?;
 
                     dev_info!(
-                        pdev.as_ref(),
+                        pdev,
                         "pci-testdev data-match count: {}\n",
                         Self::testdev(info, bar)?
                     );
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ fn unbind(pdev: &pci::Device<Core>, this: Pin<&Self>) {
 #[pinned_drop]
 impl PinnedDrop for SampleDriver {
     fn drop(self: Pin<&mut Self>) {
-        dev_dbg!(self.pdev.as_ref(), "Remove Rust PCI driver sample.\n");
+        dev_dbg!(self.pdev, "Remove Rust PCI driver sample.\n");
     }
 }