diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
index 91d32da76f8f..b0a6723fb854 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
@@ -407,15 +407,13 @@ static void acpi_pad_handle_notify(acpi_handle handle)
 
 static void acpi_pad_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
 {
-	struct acpi_device *adev = data;
-
 	if (event != ACPI_PROCESSOR_AGGREGATOR_NOTIFY) {
 		pr_warn("Unsupported event [0x%x]\n", event);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	acpi_pad_handle_notify(handle);
-	acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event("acpi_pad", dev_name(&adev->dev), event, 0);
+	acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event("acpi_pad", dev_name(data), event, 0);
 }
 
 static int acpi_pad_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -427,7 +425,7 @@ static int acpi_pad_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	return acpi_dev_install_notify_handler(adev, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
-					       acpi_pad_notify, adev);
+					       acpi_pad_notify, &pdev->dev);
 }
 
 static void acpi_pad_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)