diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index f0699918e2f6..17e7d5048b83 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ out_device:
 out_busid:
 	if (dev->kobj.parent != &dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj &&
 	    device_is_not_partition(dev))
-		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj,
+		sysfs_delete_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj,
 				  dev_name(dev));
 #else
 	/* link in the class directory pointing to the device */
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ out_busid:
 	return 0;
 
 out_busid:
-	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj, dev_name(dev));
+	sysfs_delete_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
 #endif
 
 out_subsys:
@@ -832,13 +832,13 @@ static void device_remove_class_symlinks(struct device *dev)
 
 	if (dev->kobj.parent != &dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj &&
 	    device_is_not_partition(dev))
-		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj,
+		sysfs_delete_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj,
 				  dev_name(dev));
 #else
 	if (dev->parent && device_is_not_partition(dev))
 		sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "device");
 
-	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj, dev_name(dev));
+	sysfs_delete_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj, &dev->kobj, dev_name(dev));
 #endif
 
 	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
@@ -1624,6 +1624,14 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
+	if (dev->class) {
+		error = sysfs_rename_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj,
+			&dev->kobj, old_device_name, new_name);
+		if (error)
+			goto out;
+	}
+#endif
 	error = kobject_rename(&dev->kobj, new_name);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
@@ -1638,11 +1646,6 @@ int device_rename(struct device *dev, char *new_name)
 						  new_class_name);
 		}
 	}
-#else
-	if (dev->class) {
-		error = sysfs_rename_link(&dev->class->p->class_subsys.kobj,
-					  &dev->kobj, old_device_name, new_name);
-	}
 #endif
 
 out: