diff --git a/net/wireless/sysfs.c b/net/wireless/sysfs.c
index 9ee6bc1..3e6e62c 100644
--- a/net/wireless/sysfs.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sysfs.c
@@ -18,6 +18,34 @@
 #include "core.h"
 #include "rdev-ops.h"
 
+/* this needs to go into the header file, obviously */
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3,12,0)
+#define DEVICE_ATTR_RO(_name) \
+struct device_attribute dev_attr_ ## _name = __ATTR_RO(_name);
+
+#define ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(x) \
+static struct BP_ATTR_GRP_STRUCT x ## _dev_attrs[ARRAY_SIZE(x ## _attrs)];\
+static void init_ ## x ## _attrs(void)					\
+{									\
+	int i;								\
+	for (i = 0; x ## _attrs[i]; i++)				\
+		x ## _dev_attrs[i] =					\
+			*container_of(x ## _attrs[i],			\
+				      struct BP_ATTR_GRP_STRUCT,	\
+				      attr);				\
+}
+#else
+#undef ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS
+#define ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(_name)					\
+static const struct attribute_group _name##_group = {		\
+	.attrs = _name##_attrs,					\
+};								\
+static inline void init_ ## x ## _attrs(void) {}		\
+__ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(_name)
+#endif
+
+
 static inline struct cfg80211_registered_device *dev_to_rdev(
 	struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -71,6 +99,7 @@ static struct attribute *ieee80211_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_name.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
+#define BP_ATTR_GRP_STRUCT device_attribute
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(ieee80211);
 
 static void wiphy_dev_release(struct device *dev)
@@ -149,7 +178,11 @@ struct class ieee80211_class = {
 	.name = "ieee80211",
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.dev_release = wiphy_dev_release,
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3,12,0)
 	.dev_groups = ieee80211_groups,
+#else
+	.dev_attrs = ieee80211_dev_attrs,
+#endif
 	.dev_uevent = wiphy_uevent,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	.suspend = wiphy_suspend,
@@ -161,6 +194,7 @@ struct class ieee80211_class = {
 
 int wiphy_sysfs_init(void)
 {
+	init_ieee80211_attrs();
 	return class_register(&ieee80211_class);
 }