diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250_dw.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250_dw.c
index bf1fba640c2d531b2772c8b71ed8183a3a84598a..f574eef3075f987b41784c635400f970947e9480 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250_dw.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250_dw.c
@@ -177,17 +177,7 @@ static struct platform_driver dw8250_platform_driver = {
 	.remove			= __devexit_p(dw8250_remove),
 };
 
-static int __init dw8250_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&dw8250_platform_driver);
-}
-module_init(dw8250_init);
-
-static void __exit dw8250_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&dw8250_platform_driver);
-}
-module_exit(dw8250_exit);
+module_platform_driver(dw8250_platform_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Jamie Iles");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sc26xx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sc26xx.c
index 75038ad2b2424b3487866f6fa212c2eeeeff9cca..e0b4b0a30a5a7b7c145de9682f18859032354497 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sc26xx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sc26xx.c
@@ -736,19 +736,7 @@ static struct platform_driver sc26xx_driver = {
 	},
 };
 
-static int __init sc26xx_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&sc26xx_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit sc26xx_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&sc26xx_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(sc26xx_init);
-module_exit(sc26xx_exit);
-
+module_platform_driver(sc26xx_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Thomas Bogendörfer");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SC681/SC2692 serial driver");
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/timbuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/timbuart.c
index e76c8b747fb83876dbf3c685c41fdb4dcedd4415..70f97491d8f28a2771bac4c563b8e781014d522d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/timbuart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/timbuart.c
@@ -513,20 +513,7 @@ static struct platform_driver timbuart_platform_driver = {
 	.remove		= __devexit_p(timbuart_remove),
 };
 
-/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-static int __init timbuart_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&timbuart_platform_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit timbuart_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&timbuart_platform_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(timbuart_init);
-module_exit(timbuart_exit);
+module_platform_driver(timbuart_platform_driver);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Timberdale UART driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/vr41xx_siu.c b/drivers/tty/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
index 3beb6ab4fa6888df10523307b15c1b81524961d4..83148e79ca13a79693c5a8d21672d36533a03a08 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/vr41xx_siu.c
@@ -961,18 +961,7 @@ static struct platform_driver siu_device_driver = {
 	},
 };
 
-static int __init vr41xx_siu_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&siu_device_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit vr41xx_siu_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&siu_device_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(vr41xx_siu_init);
-module_exit(vr41xx_siu_exit);
+module_platform_driver(siu_device_driver);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:SIU");