.resume         = serial8250_resume,
        .driver         = {
                .name   = "serial8250",
+               .owner  = THIS_MODULE,
        },
 };
 
        if (ret)
                goto out;
 
-       serial8250_isa_devs = platform_device_register_simple("serial8250",
-                                        PLAT8250_DEV_LEGACY, NULL, 0);
-       if (IS_ERR(serial8250_isa_devs)) {
-               ret = PTR_ERR(serial8250_isa_devs);
-               goto unreg;
+       ret = platform_driver_register(&serial8250_isa_driver);
+       if (ret)
+               goto unreg_uart_drv;
+
+       serial8250_isa_devs = platform_device_alloc("serial8250",
+                                                   PLAT8250_DEV_LEGACY);
+       if (!serial8250_isa_devs) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto unreg_plat_drv;
        }
 
+       ret = platform_device_add(serial8250_isa_devs);
+       if (ret)
+               goto put_dev;
+
        serial8250_register_ports(&serial8250_reg, &serial8250_isa_devs->dev);
 
-       ret = platform_driver_register(&serial8250_isa_driver);
-       if (ret == 0)
-               goto out;
+       goto out;
 
-       platform_device_unregister(serial8250_isa_devs);
- unreg:
+ put_dev:
+       platform_device_put(serial8250_isa_devs);
+ unreg_plat_drv:
+       platform_driver_unregister(&serial8250_isa_driver);
+ unreg_uart_drv:
        uart_unregister_driver(&serial8250_reg);
  out:
        return ret;