diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c b/drivers/char/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/alim1535_wdt.c
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
  *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
  *	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
  *	2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  Changes:
+ *
+ *  Jiri Slaby <xslaby@fi.muni.cz>
+ *    Obsolete pci_find_device changed to pci_get_device.
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
@@ -330,17 +335,20 @@ static int __init ali_find_watchdog(void
 	u32 wdog;
 
 	/* Check for a 1535 series bridge */
-	pdev = pci_find_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_AL, 0x1535, NULL);
+	pdev = pci_get_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_AL, 0x1535, NULL);
 	if(pdev == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
+	pci_dev_put(pdev);
 
 	/* Check for the a 7101 PMU */
-	pdev = pci_find_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_AL, 0x7101, NULL);
+	pdev = pci_get_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_AL, 0x7101, NULL);
 	if(pdev == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if(pci_enable_device(pdev))
+	if(pci_enable_device(pdev)) {
+		pci_dev_put(pdev);
 		return -EIO;
+	}
 
 	ali_pci = pdev;
 
@@ -445,6 +453,7 @@ static void __exit watchdog_exit(void)
 	ali_stop();
 
 	/* Deregister */
+	pci_dev_put(ali_pci); // decrement the reference count
 	unregister_reboot_notifier(&ali_notifier);
 	misc_deregister(&ali_miscdev);
 }