diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
index f5f5a97..4cb27dc 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 /*
  * ABI version history is documented in linux/firewire-cdev.h.
  */
-#define FW_CDEV_KERNEL_VERSION			4
+#define FW_CDEV_KERNEL_VERSION			5
 #define FW_CDEV_VERSION_EVENT_REQUEST2		4
 #define FW_CDEV_VERSION_ALLOCATE_REGION_END	4