diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 12db3ca..c4baf07 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -2793,7 +2793,7 @@ which we mentioned at 6.5
149
150static int ioctl_init(void)
151{
-152 dev_t dev = MKDEV(test_ioctl_major, 0);
+152 dev_t dev;
153 int alloc_ret = 0;
154 int cdev_ret = 0;
155 alloc_ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, 0, num_of_dev, DRIVER_NAME);
diff --git a/lkmpg-for-ht.html b/lkmpg-for-ht.html
index 12db3ca..c4baf07 100644
--- a/lkmpg-for-ht.html
+++ b/lkmpg-for-ht.html
@@ -2793,7 +2793,7 @@ which we mentioned at 6.5
149
150static int ioctl_init(void)
151{
-152 dev_t dev = MKDEV(test_ioctl_major, 0);
+152 dev_t dev;
153 int alloc_ret = 0;
154 int cdev_ret = 0;
155 alloc_ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev, 0, num_of_dev, DRIVER_NAME);