diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig
index 554731868b07e5c36cc12892c128f4abedefed4d..ca5c3c62f37be1b59149699c687f8d5941be5056 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/Kconfig
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ config ARCH_BAST
 	select MACH_BAST_IDE
 	select S3C24XX_DCLK
 	select ISA
+	select S3C_DEV_HWMON
 	select S3C_DEV_USB_HOST
 	select S3C_DEV_NAND
 	help
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/mach-bast.c b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/mach-bast.c
index 02b1b6220cbac4ca64335fdcef391f17bd3d23c5..c8786df72b9ec9abb25a8f5e62470d5c30440fd9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/mach-bast.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410/mach-bast.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static void __init bast_map_io(void)
 
 	s3c24xx_register_clocks(bast_clocks, ARRAY_SIZE(bast_clocks));
 
-	s3c_device_hwmon.dev.platform_data = &bast_hwmon_info;
+	s3c_hwmon_set_platdata(&bast_hwmon_info);
 
 	s3c24xx_init_io(bast_iodesc, ARRAY_SIZE(bast_iodesc));
 	s3c24xx_init_clocks(0);
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/devs.c b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/devs.c
index b9565c1eb41040ecf821c072c101a2f784afccc0..cd5b41d0b5a406122a76e382dd525d58cd25ac3f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/devs.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-s3c24xx/devs.c
@@ -343,14 +343,6 @@ struct platform_device s3c_device_adc = {
 	.resource	  = s3c_adc_resource,
 };
 
-/* HWMON */
-
-struct platform_device s3c_device_hwmon = {
-	.name		= "s3c-hwmon",
-	.id		= -1,
-	.dev.parent	= &s3c_device_adc.dev,
-};
-
 /* SDI */
 
 static struct resource s3c_sdi_resource[] = {
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig
index d552c65fa1b05477c8e65cd4eab222a3d06e4b5b..7a36cf85e138aa389f16ad4e8599f0b4da5451fe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Kconfig
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ config S3C_DEV_HSMMC2
 	help
 	  Compile in platform device definitions for HSMMC channel 2
 
+config S3C_DEV_HWMON
+	bool
+	help
+	    Compile in platform device definitions for HWMON
+
 config S3C_DEV_I2C1
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile
index 22c89d08f6e52d2edfada32bfaa50c0e8a82735b..0ad820acc3856035c413670e3bd5247de94bb82b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_S3C_ADC)	+= adc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_S3C_DEV_HSMMC)	+= dev-hsmmc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_S3C_DEV_HSMMC1)	+= dev-hsmmc1.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_S3C_DEV_HSMMC2)	+= dev-hsmmc2.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_S3C_DEV_HWMON)	+= dev-hwmon.o
 obj-y				+= dev-i2c0.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_S3C_DEV_I2C1)	+= dev-i2c1.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_S3C_DEV_FB)	+= dev-fb.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/dev-hwmon.c b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/dev-hwmon.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b3ffb9587250ca90387f48ffdde872ac6d4793a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/dev-hwmon.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* linux/arch/arm/plat-samsung/dev-hwmon.c
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 Simtec Electronics
+ *	Ben Dooks <ben@simtec.co.uk>
+ *	http://armlinux.simtec.co.uk/
+ *
+ * Adapted for HWMON by Maurus Cuelenaere
+ *
+ * Samsung series device definition for HWMON
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+*/
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+
+#include <plat/devs.h>
+#include <plat/hwmon.h>
+
+struct platform_device s3c_device_hwmon = {
+	.name		= "s3c-hwmon",
+	.id		= -1,
+	.dev.parent	= &s3c_device_adc.dev,
+};
+
+void __init s3c_hwmon_set_platdata(struct s3c_hwmon_pdata *pd)
+{
+	struct s3c_hwmon_pdata *npd;
+
+	if (!pd) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: no platform data\n", __func__);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	npd = kmemdup(pd, sizeof(struct s3c_hwmon_pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!npd)
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: no memory for platform data\n", __func__);
+
+	s3c_device_hwmon.dev.platform_data = npd;
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/hwmon.h b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/hwmon.h
index 1ba88ea0aa319cde75944f40efaf4844f78868c0..c167e4429bc705a6fc58faa6709917065b518547 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/hwmon.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/hwmon.h
@@ -37,5 +37,15 @@ struct s3c_hwmon_pdata {
 	struct s3c_hwmon_chcfg	*in[8];
 };
 
+/**
+ * s3c_hwmon_set_platdata - Set platform data for S3C HWMON device
+ * @pd: Platform data to register to device.
+ *
+ * Register the given platform data for use with the S3C HWMON device.
+ * The call will copy the platform data, so the board definitions can
+ * make the structure itself __initdata.
+ */
+extern void __init s3c_hwmon_set_platdata(struct s3c_hwmon_pdata *pd);
+
 #endif /* __ASM_ARCH_ADC_HWMON_H */