diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index abd4eee..7413d06 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 	int err;
 	const char *name;
 	umode_t mode;	/* 0 => delete */
-	uid_t uid;
-	gid_t gid;
+	kuid_t uid;
+	kgid_t gid;
 	struct device *dev;
 } *requests;
 
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	req.mode = 0;
-	req.uid = 0;
-	req.gid = 0;
+	req.uid = GLOBAL_ROOT_UID;
+	req.gid = GLOBAL_ROOT_GID;
 	req.name = device_get_devnode(dev, &req.mode, &req.uid, &req.gid, &tmp);
 	if (!req.name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int handle_create(const char *nodename, umode_t mode, uid_t uid,
-			 gid_t gid, struct device *dev)
+static int handle_create(const char *nodename, umode_t mode, kuid_t uid,
+			 kgid_t gid, struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
 	struct path path;
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@
 		struct iattr newattrs;
 
 		newattrs.ia_mode = mode;
-		newattrs.ia_uid = KUIDT_INIT(uid);
-		newattrs.ia_gid = KGIDT_INIT(gid);
+		newattrs.ia_uid = uid;
+		newattrs.ia_gid = gid;
 		newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_MODE|ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID;
 		mutex_lock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 		notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
 
 static DECLARE_COMPLETION(setup_done);
 
-static int handle(const char *name, umode_t mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid,
+static int handle(const char *name, umode_t mode, kuid_t uid, kgid_t gid,
 		  struct device *dev)
 {
 	if (mode)