--- lirc-0.8.3/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c	2008-10-07 13:00:39.000000000 -0700
+++ lirc-0.8.3/drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c.new	2008-10-07 13:01:40.000000000 -0700
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
 			DEV_LIRC "/%u", ir->p.minor);
 #endif
 	(void) lirc_device_create(lirc_class, ir->p.dev,
-				  MKDEV(IRCTL_DEV_MAJOR, ir->p.minor),
+				  MKDEV(IRCTL_DEV_MAJOR, ir->p.minor), NULL,
 				  "lirc%u", ir->p.minor);
 
 	if (p->sample_rate || p->get_queue) {