diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 3cbc57f932d..d6db933df2b 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
 {
 	struct char_device_struct *cd;
 	struct cdev *cdev;
-	char *s;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	cd = __register_chrdev_region(major, baseminor, count, name);
@@ -278,8 +277,6 @@ int __register_chrdev(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
 	cdev->owner = fops->owner;
 	cdev->ops = fops;
 	kobject_set_name(&cdev->kobj, "%s", name);
-	for (s = strchr(kobject_name(&cdev->kobj),'/'); s; s = strchr(s, '/'))
-		*s = '!';
 		
 	err = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(cd->major, baseminor), count);
 	if (err)