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);
 }