diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c
index 849db199c02c1f363a17848b2ca428a9e3b724ad..9dd2cadc31bd3cee93f69efd95ecf27f49d7c6c2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/timeriomem-rng.c
@@ -25,117 +25,179 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/hw_random.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/timeriomem-rng.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 
-static struct timeriomem_rng_data *timeriomem_rng_data;
+struct timeriomem_rng_private_data {
+	void __iomem		*io_base;
+	unsigned int		expires;
+	unsigned int		period;
+	unsigned int		present:1;
 
-static void timeriomem_rng_trigger(unsigned long);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(timeriomem_rng_timer, timeriomem_rng_trigger, 0, 0);
+	struct timer_list	timer;
+	struct completion	completion;
+
+	struct hwrng		timeriomem_rng_ops;
+};
+
+#define to_rng_priv(rng) \
+		((struct timeriomem_rng_private_data *)rng->priv)
 
 /*
  * have data return 1, however return 0 if we have nothing
  */
 static int timeriomem_rng_data_present(struct hwrng *rng, int wait)
 {
-	if (rng->priv == 0)
-		return 1;
+	struct timeriomem_rng_private_data *priv = to_rng_priv(rng);
 
-	if (!wait || timeriomem_rng_data->present)
-		return timeriomem_rng_data->present;
+	if (!wait || priv->present)
+		return priv->present;
 
-	wait_for_completion(&timeriomem_rng_data->completion);
+	wait_for_completion(&priv->completion);
 
 	return 1;
 }
 
 static int timeriomem_rng_data_read(struct hwrng *rng, u32 *data)
 {
+	struct timeriomem_rng_private_data *priv = to_rng_priv(rng);
 	unsigned long cur;
 	s32 delay;
 
-	*data = readl(timeriomem_rng_data->address);
+	*data = readl(priv->io_base);
 
-	if (rng->priv != 0) {
-		cur = jiffies;
+	cur = jiffies;
 
-		delay = cur - timeriomem_rng_timer.expires;
-		delay = rng->priv - (delay % rng->priv);
+	delay = cur - priv->expires;
+	delay = priv->period - (delay % priv->period);
 
-		timeriomem_rng_timer.expires = cur + delay;
-		timeriomem_rng_data->present = 0;
+	priv->expires = cur + delay;
+	priv->present = 0;
 
-		init_completion(&timeriomem_rng_data->completion);
-		add_timer(&timeriomem_rng_timer);
-	}
+	INIT_COMPLETION(priv->completion);
+	mod_timer(&priv->timer, priv->expires);
 
 	return 4;
 }
 
-static void timeriomem_rng_trigger(unsigned long dummy)
+static void timeriomem_rng_trigger(unsigned long data)
 {
-	timeriomem_rng_data->present = 1;
-	complete(&timeriomem_rng_data->completion);
-}
+	struct timeriomem_rng_private_data *priv
+			= (struct timeriomem_rng_private_data *)data;
 
-static struct hwrng timeriomem_rng_ops = {
-	.name		= "timeriomem",
-	.data_present	= timeriomem_rng_data_present,
-	.data_read	= timeriomem_rng_data_read,
-	.priv		= 0,
-};
+	priv->present = 1;
+	complete(&priv->completion);
+}
 
 static int timeriomem_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	struct timeriomem_rng_data *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+	struct timeriomem_rng_private_data *priv;
 	struct resource *res;
-	int ret;
+	int err = 0;
+	int period;
 
-	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+	if (!pdata) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "timeriomem_rng_data is missing\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (!res)
-		return -ENOENT;
+		return -ENXIO;
 
-	timeriomem_rng_data = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+	if (res->start % 4 != 0 || resource_size(res) != 4) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+			"address must be four bytes wide and aligned\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
-	timeriomem_rng_data->address = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
-	if (!timeriomem_rng_data->address)
-		return -EIO;
+	/* Allocate memory for the device structure (and zero it) */
+	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct timeriomem_rng_private_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate device structure.\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
 
-	if (timeriomem_rng_data->period != 0
-		&& usecs_to_jiffies(timeriomem_rng_data->period) > 0) {
-		timeriomem_rng_timer.expires = jiffies;
+	period = pdata->period;
 
-		timeriomem_rng_ops.priv = usecs_to_jiffies(
-						timeriomem_rng_data->period);
+	priv->period = usecs_to_jiffies(period);
+	if (priv->period < 1) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "period is less than one jiffy\n");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_free;
 	}
-	timeriomem_rng_data->present = 1;
 
-	ret = hwrng_register(&timeriomem_rng_ops);
-	if (ret)
-		goto failed;
+	priv->expires	= jiffies;
+	priv->present	= 1;
+
+	init_completion(&priv->completion);
+	complete(&priv->completion);
+
+	setup_timer(&priv->timer, timeriomem_rng_trigger, (unsigned long)priv);
+
+	priv->timeriomem_rng_ops.name		= dev_name(&pdev->dev);
+	priv->timeriomem_rng_ops.data_present	= timeriomem_rng_data_present;
+	priv->timeriomem_rng_ops.data_read	= timeriomem_rng_data_read;
+	priv->timeriomem_rng_ops.priv		= (unsigned long)priv;
+
+	if (!request_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res),
+				dev_name(&pdev->dev))) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "request_mem_region failed\n");
+		err = -EBUSY;
+		goto out_timer;
+	}
+
+	priv->io_base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
+	if (priv->io_base == NULL) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "ioremap failed\n");
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto out_release_io;
+	}
+
+	err = hwrng_register(&priv->timeriomem_rng_ops);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "problem registering\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "32bits from 0x%p @ %dus\n",
-			timeriomem_rng_data->address,
-			timeriomem_rng_data->period);
+			priv->io_base, period);
 
 	return 0;
 
-failed:
-	dev_err(&pdev->dev, "problem registering\n");
-	iounmap(timeriomem_rng_data->address);
-
-	return ret;
+out:
+	iounmap(priv->io_base);
+out_release_io:
+	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
+out_timer:
+	del_timer_sync(&priv->timer);
+out_free:
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+	kfree(priv);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int timeriomem_rng_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	del_timer_sync(&timeriomem_rng_timer);
-	hwrng_unregister(&timeriomem_rng_ops);
+	struct timeriomem_rng_private_data *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct resource *res;
+
+	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+
+	hwrng_unregister(&priv->timeriomem_rng_ops);
 
-	iounmap(timeriomem_rng_data->address);
+	del_timer_sync(&priv->timer);
+	iounmap(priv->io_base);
+	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+	kfree(priv);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/timeriomem-rng.h b/include/linux/timeriomem-rng.h
index 3e08a1c86830cafe031e0eea27e2eb0ee07ba4b7..46eb27ddbfabbe96971733abd1285f53f78bbca8 100644
--- a/include/linux/timeriomem-rng.h
+++ b/include/linux/timeriomem-rng.h
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
-#include <linux/completion.h>
-
 struct timeriomem_rng_data {
-	struct completion	completion;
-	unsigned int		present:1;
-
 	void __iomem		*address;
 
 	/* measures in usecs */