diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
index 6cfe390411c1..2a2822516665 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
@@ -1700,9 +1700,9 @@ static int acpi_video_resume(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 static void acpi_video_dev_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
 {
+	struct device *phys_dev, *parent = NULL;
 	struct backlight_properties props;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
-	struct device *parent = NULL;
 	int result;
 	static int count;
 	char *name;
@@ -1729,11 +1729,10 @@ static void acpi_video_dev_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
 						      device,
 						      &acpi_backlight_ops,
 						      &props);
-	put_device(parent);
 	kfree(name);
 	if (IS_ERR(device->backlight)) {
 		device->backlight = NULL;
-		return;
+		goto put_parent;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1743,8 +1742,12 @@ static void acpi_video_dev_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
 	device->backlight->props.brightness =
 			acpi_video_get_brightness(device->backlight);
 
-	device->cooling_dev = thermal_cooling_device_register("LCD", device,
-							      &video_cooling_ops);
+	phys_dev = acpi_bus_get_primary_device(device->dev);
+	if (!phys_dev)
+		phys_dev = get_device(parent);
+
+	device->cooling_dev = thermal_cooling_device_create(phys_dev, "LCD", device,
+							    &video_cooling_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(device->cooling_dev)) {
 		/*
 		 * Set cooling_dev to NULL so we don't crash trying to free it.
@@ -1753,21 +1756,17 @@ static void acpi_video_dev_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
 		 * -- dtor
 		 */
 		device->cooling_dev = NULL;
-		return;
+		goto put_phys_dev;
 	}
 
-	dev_info(&device->dev->dev, "registered as cooling_device%d\n",
-		 device->cooling_dev->id);
-	result = sysfs_create_link(&device->dev->dev.kobj,
-			&device->cooling_dev->device.kobj,
-			"thermal_cooling");
-	if (result)
-		pr_info("sysfs link creation failed\n");
+	dev_info(&device->cooling_dev->device, "Using ACPI device %s\n",
+		acpi_dev_name(device->dev));
 
-	result = sysfs_create_link(&device->cooling_dev->device.kobj,
-			&device->dev->dev.kobj, "device");
-	if (result)
-		pr_info("Reverse sysfs link creation failed\n");
+put_phys_dev:
+	put_device(phys_dev);
+
+put_parent:
+	put_device(parent);
 }
 
 static void acpi_video_run_bcl_for_osi(struct acpi_video_bus *video)
@@ -1826,8 +1825,6 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_bus *video)
 static void acpi_video_dev_unregister_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
 {
 	if (device->cooling_dev) {
-		sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling");
-		sysfs_remove_link(&device->cooling_dev->device.kobj, "device");
 		thermal_cooling_device_unregister(device->cooling_dev);
 		device->cooling_dev = NULL;
 	}