2 files changed, 8 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
index 9a595338ae15..d6fe278347fc 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/main.c
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@
 #include <linux/mei.h>
 #include "interface.h"
 
-/* The device pointer */
-/* Currently this driver works as long as there is only a single AMT device. */
-struct pci_dev *mei_device;
+/* AMT device is a singleton on the platform */
+static struct pci_dev *mei_pdev;
 
 /* mei_pci_tbl - PCI Device ID Table */
 static DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE(mei_pci_tbl) = {
@@ -218,10 +217,10 @@ static int mei_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         int err;
 
         err = -ENODEV;
-        if (!mei_device)
+        if (!mei_pdev)
                 goto out;
 
-        dev = pci_get_drvdata(mei_device);
+        dev = pci_get_drvdata(mei_pdev);
         if (!dev)
                 goto out;
 
@@ -945,7 +944,7 @@ static int __devinit mei_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                 goto end;
         }
 
-        if (mei_device) {
+        if (mei_pdev) {
                 err = -EEXIST;
                 goto end;
         }
@@ -1006,7 +1005,7 @@ static int __devinit mei_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
         if (err)
                 goto release_irq;
 
-        mei_device = pdev;
+        mei_pdev = pdev;
         pci_set_drvdata(pdev, dev);
 
 
@@ -1051,7 +1050,7 @@ static void __devexit mei_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
         struct mei_device *dev;
 
-        if (mei_device != pdev)
+        if (mei_pdev != pdev)
                 return;
 
         dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
@@ -1064,7 +1063,7 @@ static void __devexit mei_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
         mei_wd_stop(dev);
 
-        mei_device = NULL;
+        mei_pdev = NULL;
 
         if (dev->iamthif_cl.state == MEI_FILE_CONNECTED) {
                 dev->iamthif_cl.state = MEI_FILE_DISCONNECTING;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index c8660c0eb1c7..ad6c9d5af1e9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@
 
 #define MEI_RD_MSG_BUF_SIZE           (128 * sizeof(u32))
 
-/*
- * MEI PCI Device object
- */
-extern struct pci_dev *mei_device;
-
 
 /*
  * AMTHI Client UUID