1 files changed, 13 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/vfb.c b/drivers/video/vfb.c
index 77eed1fd9943..d073ffb6e1f9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vfb.c
@@ -398,12 +398,6 @@ static int __init vfb_setup(char *options)
      *  Initialisation
      */
 
-static void vfb_platform_release(struct device *device)
-{
-        // This is called when the reference count goes to zero.
-        dev_err(device, "This driver is broken, please bug the authors so they will fix it.\n");
-}
-
 static int __init vfb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
         struct fb_info *info;
@@ -482,13 +476,7 @@ static struct platform_driver vfb_driver = {
         },
 };
 
-static struct platform_device vfb_device = {
-        .name   = "vfb",
-        .id     = 0,
-        .dev    = {
-                .release = vfb_platform_release,
-        }
-};
+static struct platform_device *vfb_device;
 
 static int __init vfb_init(void)
 {
@@ -508,10 +496,19 @@ static int __init vfb_init(void)
         ret = platform_driver_register(&vfb_driver);
 
         if (!ret) {
-                ret = platform_device_register(&vfb_device);
-                if (ret)
+                vfb_device = platform_device_alloc("vfb", 0);
+
+                if (vfb_device)
+                        ret = platform_device_add(vfb_device);
+                else
+                        ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+                if (ret) {
+                        platform_device_put(vfb_device);
                         platform_driver_unregister(&vfb_driver);
+                }
         }
+
         return ret;
 }
 
@@ -520,7 +517,7 @@ module_init(vfb_init);
 #ifdef MODULE
 static void __exit vfb_exit(void)
 {
-        platform_device_unregister(&vfb_device);
+        platform_device_unregister(vfb_device);
         platform_driver_unregister(&vfb_driver);
 }