diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index 3ae608d78af2..de02d90a4878 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(pretimeout_governor);
 static umode_t wdt_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 				int n)
 {
-	struct device *dev = container_of(kobj, struct device, kobj);
+	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
 	struct watchdog_device *wdd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	umode_t mode = attr->mode;