diff --git a/drivers/media/media-device.c b/drivers/media/media-device.c
index 10cc4766de10..d10dc615e7a8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/media-device.c
+++ b/drivers/media/media-device.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static long media_device_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 			       unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct media_devnode *devnode = media_devnode_data(filp);
-	struct media_device *dev = to_media_device(devnode);
+	struct media_device *dev = devnode->media_dev;
 	long ret;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static long media_device_compat_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
 				      unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct media_devnode *devnode = media_devnode_data(filp);
-	struct media_device *dev = to_media_device(devnode);
+	struct media_device *dev = devnode->media_dev;
 	long ret;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
@@ -540,7 +540,8 @@ static const struct media_file_operations media_device_fops = {
 static ssize_t show_model(struct device *cd,
 			  struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	struct media_device *mdev = to_media_device(to_media_devnode(cd));
+	struct media_devnode *devnode = to_media_devnode(cd);
+	struct media_device *mdev = devnode->media_dev;
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%.*s\n", (int)sizeof(mdev->model), mdev->model);
 }
@@ -718,25 +719,36 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_device_cleanup);
 int __must_check __media_device_register(struct media_device *mdev,
 					 struct module *owner)
 {
+	struct media_devnode *devnode;
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
 
+	devnode = kzalloc(sizeof(*devnode), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!devnode)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	/* Register the device node. */
-	mdev->devnode.fops = &media_device_fops;
-	mdev->devnode.parent = mdev->dev;
-	mdev->devnode.release = media_device_release;
+	mdev->devnode = devnode;
+	devnode->fops = &media_device_fops;
+	devnode->parent = mdev->dev;
+	devnode->release = media_device_release;
 
 	/* Set version 0 to indicate user-space that the graph is static */
 	mdev->topology_version = 0;
 
-	ret = media_devnode_register(&mdev->devnode, owner);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	ret = media_devnode_register(mdev, devnode, owner);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		mdev->devnode = NULL;
+		kfree(devnode);
 		goto err;
+	}
 
-	ret = device_create_file(&mdev->devnode.dev, &dev_attr_model);
+	ret = device_create_file(&devnode->dev, &dev_attr_model);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		media_devnode_unregister(&mdev->devnode);
+		mdev->devnode = NULL;
+		media_devnode_unregister(devnode);
+		kfree(devnode);
 		goto err;
 	}
 
@@ -800,9 +812,9 @@ static void __media_device_unregister(struct media_device *mdev)
 	}
 
 	/* Check if mdev devnode was registered */
-	if (media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode)) {
-		device_remove_file(&mdev->devnode.dev, &dev_attr_model);
-		media_devnode_unregister(&mdev->devnode);
+	if (media_devnode_is_registered(mdev->devnode)) {
+		device_remove_file(&mdev->devnode->dev, &dev_attr_model);
+		media_devnode_unregister(mdev->devnode);
 	}
 
 	dev_dbg(mdev->dev, "Media device unregistered\n");
diff --git a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
index ae2bc0b7a368..db47063d8801 100644
--- a/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
+++ b/drivers/media/media-devnode.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 #include <media/media-devnode.h>
+#include <media/media-device.h>
 
 #define MEDIA_NUM_DEVICES	256
 #define MEDIA_NAME		"media"
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ static void media_devnode_release(struct device *cd)
 	/* Release media_devnode and perform other cleanups as needed. */
 	if (devnode->release)
 		devnode->release(devnode);
+
+	kfree(devnode);
 }
 
 static struct bus_type media_bus_type = {
@@ -218,7 +221,8 @@ static const struct file_operations media_devnode_fops = {
 	.llseek = no_llseek,
 };
 
-int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *devnode,
+int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_device *mdev,
+					struct media_devnode *devnode,
 					struct module *owner)
 {
 	int minor;
@@ -237,6 +241,7 @@ int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *devnode,
 	mutex_unlock(&media_devnode_lock);
 
 	devnode->minor = minor;
+	devnode->media_dev = mdev;
 
 	/* Part 2: Initialize and register the character device */
 	cdev_init(&devnode->cdev, &media_devnode_fops);
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
index 85c13ca5178f..598a85388d77 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-core.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static void au0828_unregister_media_device(struct au0828_dev *dev)
 	struct media_device *mdev = dev->media_dev;
 	struct media_entity_notify *notify, *nextp;
 
-	if (!mdev || !media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode))
+	if (!mdev || !media_devnode_is_registered(mdev->devnode))
 		return;
 
 	/* Remove au0828 entity_notify callbacks */
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static int au0828_media_device_register(struct au0828_dev *dev,
 	if (!dev->media_dev)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (!media_devnode_is_registered(&dev->media_dev->devnode)) {
+	if (!media_devnode_is_registered(dev->media_dev->devnode)) {
 
 		/* register media device */
 		ret = media_device_register(dev->media_dev);
diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
index 451e84e962e2..302e284a95eb 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ static void uvc_delete(struct uvc_device *dev)
 	if (dev->vdev.dev)
 		v4l2_device_unregister(&dev->vdev);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER
-	if (media_devnode_is_registered(&dev->mdev.devnode))
+	if (media_devnode_is_registered(dev->mdev.devnode))
 		media_device_unregister(&dev->mdev);
 	media_device_cleanup(&dev->mdev);
 #endif
diff --git a/include/media/media-device.h b/include/media/media-device.h
index e59772ed8494..b04cfa907350 100644
--- a/include/media/media-device.h
+++ b/include/media/media-device.h
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ struct media_entity_notify {
 struct media_device {
 	/* dev->driver_data points to this struct. */
 	struct device *dev;
-	struct media_devnode devnode;
+	struct media_devnode *devnode;
 
 	char model[32];
 	char driver_name[32];
@@ -403,9 +403,6 @@ struct usb_device;
 #define MEDIA_DEV_NOTIFY_PRE_LINK_CH	0
 #define MEDIA_DEV_NOTIFY_POST_LINK_CH	1
 
-/* media_devnode to media_device */
-#define to_media_device(node) container_of(node, struct media_device, devnode)
-
 /**
  * media_entity_enum_init - Initialise an entity enumeration
  *
diff --git a/include/media/media-devnode.h b/include/media/media-devnode.h
index e1d5af077adb..cc2b3155593c 100644
--- a/include/media/media-devnode.h
+++ b/include/media/media-devnode.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 
+struct media_device;
+
 /*
  * Flag to mark the media_devnode struct as registered. Drivers must not touch
  * this flag directly, it will be set and cleared by media_devnode_register and
@@ -81,6 +83,8 @@ struct media_file_operations {
  * before registering the node.
  */
 struct media_devnode {
+	struct media_device *media_dev;
+
 	/* device ops */
 	const struct media_file_operations *fops;
 
@@ -103,7 +107,8 @@ struct media_devnode {
 /**
  * media_devnode_register - register a media device node
  *
- * @devnode: media device node structure we want to register
+ * @media_dev: struct media_device we want to register a device node
+ * @devnode: the device node to unregister
  * @owner: should be filled with %THIS_MODULE
  *
  * The registration code assigns minor numbers and registers the new device node
@@ -116,7 +121,8 @@ struct media_devnode {
  * the media_devnode structure is *not* called, so the caller is responsible for
  * freeing any data.
  */
-int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_devnode *devnode,
+int __must_check media_devnode_register(struct media_device *mdev,
+					struct media_devnode *devnode,
 					struct module *owner);
 
 /**
@@ -146,9 +152,14 @@ static inline struct media_devnode *media_devnode_data(struct file *filp)
  *	false otherwise.
  *
  * @devnode: pointer to struct &media_devnode.
+ *
+ * Note: If mdev is NULL, it also returns false.
  */
 static inline int media_devnode_is_registered(struct media_devnode *devnode)
 {
+	if (!devnode)
+		return false;
+
 	return test_bit(MEDIA_FLAG_REGISTERED, &devnode->flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/sound/usb/media.c b/sound/usb/media.c
index 6db4878045e5..8fed0adec9e1 100644
--- a/sound/usb/media.c
+++ b/sound/usb/media.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void media_snd_stream_delete(struct snd_usb_substream *subs)
 		struct media_device *mdev;
 
 		mdev = mctl->media_dev;
-		if (mdev && media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode)) {
+		if (mdev && media_devnode_is_registered(mdev->devnode)) {
 			media_devnode_remove(mctl->intf_devnode);
 			media_device_unregister_entity(&mctl->media_entity);
 			media_entity_cleanup(&mctl->media_entity);
@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ static void media_snd_mixer_delete(struct snd_usb_audio *chip)
 		if (!mixer->media_mixer_ctl)
 			continue;
 
-		if (media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode)) {
+		if (media_devnode_is_registered(mdev->devnode)) {
 			media_device_unregister_entity(&mctl->media_entity);
 			media_entity_cleanup(&mctl->media_entity);
 		}
 		kfree(mctl);
 		mixer->media_mixer_ctl = NULL;
 	}
-	if (media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode))
+	if (media_devnode_is_registered(mdev->devnode))
 		media_devnode_remove(chip->ctl_intf_media_devnode);
 	chip->ctl_intf_media_devnode = NULL;
 }
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ int media_snd_device_create(struct snd_usb_audio *chip,
 	if (!mdev->dev)
 		media_device_usb_init(mdev, usbdev, NULL);
 
-	if (!media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode)) {
+	if (!media_devnode_is_registered(mdev->devnode)) {
 		ret = media_device_register(mdev);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&usbdev->dev,
