1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 269e8afd3e2a..e2da17b5900e 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static inline struct spi_driver *to_spi_driver(struct device_driver *drv)
         return drv ? container_of(drv, struct spi_driver, driver) : NULL;
 }
 
-extern int spi_register_driver(struct spi_driver *sdrv);
+extern int __spi_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct spi_driver *sdrv);
 
 /**
  * spi_unregister_driver - reverse effect of spi_register_driver
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ static inline void spi_unregister_driver(struct spi_driver *sdrv)
                 driver_unregister(&sdrv->driver);
 }
 
+/* use a define to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE */
+#define spi_register_driver(driver) \
+        __spi_register_driver(THIS_MODULE, driver)
+
 /**
  * module_spi_driver() - Helper macro for registering a SPI driver
  * @__spi_driver: spi_driver struct