diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
index d503848b3b6ed6..776ad7496f534a 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
@@ -1345,9 +1345,9 @@ static int vduse_create_dev(struct vduse_dev_config *config,
 
 	dev->minor = ret;
 	dev->msg_timeout = VDUSE_MSG_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
-	dev->dev = device_create(vduse_class, NULL,
-				 MKDEV(MAJOR(vduse_major), dev->minor),
-				 dev, "%s", config->name);
+	dev->dev = device_create_with_groups(vduse_class, NULL,
+				MKDEV(MAJOR(vduse_major), dev->minor),
+				dev, vduse_dev_groups, "%s", config->name);
 	if (IS_ERR(dev->dev)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(dev->dev);
 		goto err_dev;
@@ -1596,7 +1596,6 @@ static int vduse_init(void)
 		return PTR_ERR(vduse_class);
 
 	vduse_class->devnode = vduse_devnode;
-	vduse_class->dev_groups = vduse_dev_groups;
 
 	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&vduse_major, 0, VDUSE_DEV_MAX, "vduse");
 	if (ret)