diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c
index 5445c3c..645469a 100644
--- a/block/elevator.c
+++ b/block/elevator.c
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
 	elevator_t *e = q->elevator;
 	int error;
 
-	error = kobject_add_ng(&e->kobj, &q->kobj, "%s", "iosched");
+	error = kobject_add(&e->kobj, &q->kobj, "%s", "iosched");
 	if (!error) {
 		struct elv_fs_entry *attr = e->elevator_type->elevator_attrs;
 		if (attr) {
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 8054b7d..234dd3d 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -4180,8 +4180,8 @@
 	if (!q || !q->request_fn)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	ret = kobject_add_ng(&q->kobj, kobject_get(&disk->dev.kobj),
-			     "%s", "queue");
+	ret = kobject_add(&q->kobj, kobject_get(&disk->dev.kobj),
+			  "%s", "queue");
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index 624b331..8e3cba2 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@
 	else
 		class_dev->kobj.parent = &parent_class->subsys.kobj;
 
-	error = kobject_add_ng(&class_dev->kobj, class_dev->kobj.parent,
-			       "%s", class_dev->class_id);
+	error = kobject_add(&class_dev->kobj, class_dev->kobj.parent,
+			    "%s", class_dev->class_id);
 	if (error)
 		goto out2;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 06e8738..e881702 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@
 		if (!k)
 			return NULL;
 		k->kset = &dev->class->class_dirs;
-		retval = kobject_add_ng(k, parent_kobj, "%s", dev->class->name);
+		retval = kobject_add(k, parent_kobj, "%s", dev->class->name);
 		if (retval < 0) {
 			kobject_put(k);
 			return NULL;
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
  *	This is part 2 of device_register(), though may be called
  *	separately _iff_ device_initialize() has been called separately.
  *
- *	This adds it to the kobject hierarchy via kobject_add_ng(), adds it
+ *	This adds it to the kobject hierarchy via kobject_add(), adds it
  *	to the global and sibling lists for the device, then
  *	adds it to the other relevant subsystems of the driver model.
  */
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@
 		goto Error;
 
 	/* first, register with generic layer. */
-	error = kobject_add_ng(&dev->kobj, dev->kobj.parent, "%s", dev->bus_id);
+	error = kobject_add(&dev->kobj, dev->kobj.parent, "%s", dev->bus_id);
 	if (error)
 		goto Error;
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/driver.c b/drivers/base/driver.c
index 5aacff2..94b697a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 	if (!name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	return kobject_add_ng(kobj, &drv->p->kobj, "%s", name);
+	return kobject_add(kobj, &drv->p->kobj, "%s", name);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_add_kobj);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 7ae9740..989d854 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@
 	rdev->mddev = mddev;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "md: bind<%s>\n", b);
 
-	if ((err = kobject_add_ng(&rdev->kobj, &mddev->kobj, "dev-%s", b)))
+	if ((err = kobject_add(&rdev->kobj, &mddev->kobj, "dev-%s", b)))
 		goto fail;
 
 	if (rdev->bdev->bd_part)
diff --git a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
index 1a8299a..ee15667 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iseries_veth.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@
 	}
 
 	kobject_init_ng(&port->kobject, &veth_port_ktype);
-	if (0 != kobject_add_ng(&port->kobject, &dev->dev.kobj, "veth_port"))
+	if (0 != kobject_add(&port->kobject, &dev->dev.kobj, "veth_port"))
 		veth_error("Failed adding port for %s to sysfs.\n", dev->name);
 
 	veth_info("%s attached to iSeries vlan %d (LPAR map = 0x%.4X)\n",
diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index acc387d..1ec2d31 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 		kobject_init_ng(&map->kobj, &map_attr_type);
 		map->mem = mem;
 		mem->map = map;
-		ret = kobject_add_ng(&map->kobj, idev->map_dir, "map%d", mi);
+		ret = kobject_add(&map->kobj, idev->map_dir, "map%d", mi);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err;
 		ret = kobject_uevent(&map->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 8b0aa71..84c5afd 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@
 
 extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *);
 extern void kobject_init_ng(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype);
-extern int __must_check kobject_add_ng(struct kobject *kobj,
-				       struct kobject *parent,
-				       const char *fmt, ...);
+extern int __must_check kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj,
+				    struct kobject *parent,
+				    const char *fmt, ...);
 extern int __must_check kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj,
 					     struct kobj_type *ktype,
 					     struct kobject *parent,
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index d04789f..359e114 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * kobject_add_ng - the main kobject add function
+ * kobject_add - the main kobject add function
  * @kobj: the kobject to add
  * @parent: pointer to the parent of the kobject.
  * @fmt: format to name the kobject with.
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@
  * kobject_uevent() with the UEVENT_ADD parameter to ensure that
  * userspace is properly notified of this kobject's creation.
  */
-int kobject_add_ng(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
-		   const char *fmt, ...)
+int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
+		const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
 	int retval;
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
 
 	return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add_ng);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kobject_add);
 
 /**
  * kobject_init_and_add - initialize a kobject structure and add it to the kobject hierarchy
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@
  * @fmt: the name of the kobject.
  *
  * This function combines the call to kobject_init_ng() and
- * kobject_add_ng().  The same type of error handling after a call to
- * kobject_add_ng() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
+ * kobject_add().  The same type of error handling after a call to
+ * kobject_add() and kobject lifetime rules are the same here.
  */
 int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
 			 struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@
 	if (!kobj)
 		return NULL;
 
-	retval = kobject_add_ng(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
+	retval = kobject_add(kobj, parent, "%s", name);
 	if (retval) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kobject_add error: %d\n",
 		       __FUNCTION__, retval);