diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pc87427.c b/drivers/hwmon/pc87427.c
index 4e0de0e06d78..3170b26d2443 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/pc87427.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/pc87427.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static int __devinit pc87427_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* This will need to be revisited when we add support for
 	   temperature and voltage monitoring. */
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IO, 0);
-	if (!request_region(res->start, res->end - res->start + 1, DRVNAME)) {
+	if (!request_region(res->start, resource_size(res), DRVNAME)) {
 		err = -EBUSY;
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to request region 0x%lx-0x%lx\n",
 			(unsigned long)res->start, (unsigned long)res->end);
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ exit_remove_files:
 		sysfs_remove_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &pc87427_group_fan[i]);
 	}
 exit_release_region:
-	release_region(res->start, res->end - res->start + 1);
+	release_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 exit_kfree:
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	kfree(data);
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ static int __devexit pc87427_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	kfree(data);
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IO, 0);
-	release_region(res->start, res->end - res->start + 1);
+	release_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/vt1211.c b/drivers/hwmon/vt1211.c
index 120b5d6dbd33..ae33bbb577c7 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/vt1211.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/vt1211.c
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ static int __devinit vt1211_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IO, 0);
-	if (!request_region(res->start, res->end - res->start + 1, DRVNAME)) {
+	if (!request_region(res->start, resource_size(res), DRVNAME)) {
 		err = -EBUSY;
 		dev_err(dev, "Failed to request region 0x%lx-0x%lx\n",
 			(unsigned long)res->start, (unsigned long)res->end);
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ EXIT_DEV_REMOVE:
 	dev_err(dev, "Sysfs interface creation failed (%d)\n", err);
 EXIT_DEV_REMOVE_SILENT:
 	vt1211_remove_sysfs(pdev);
-	release_region(res->start, res->end - res->start + 1);
+	release_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 EXIT_KFREE:
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	kfree(data);
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ static int __devexit vt1211_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	kfree(data);
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_IO, 0);
-	release_region(res->start, res->end - res->start + 1);
+	release_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 
 	return 0;
 }