1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index a41b8df24073..c47add8e47df 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2118,7 +2118,7 @@ static int ipmi_bmc_register(ipmi_smi_t intf)
                 dev_set_drvdata(&bmc->dev->dev, bmc);
                 kref_init(&bmc->refcount);
 
-                rv = platform_device_register(bmc->dev);
+                rv = platform_device_add(bmc->dev);
                 mutex_unlock(&ipmidriver_mutex);
                 if (rv) {
                         printk(KERN_ERR