diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c
index 2ee401ba0b2568edb7bb1c503df5eb880c8589d3..3d63721e0e804e117cb0580837014c016856f66c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-platform.c
@@ -85,18 +85,7 @@ device_initcall(sgio2audio_devinit);
 
 static __init int sgio2btns_devinit(void)
 {
-	struct platform_device *pd;
-	int ret;
-
-	pd = platform_device_alloc("sgio2btns", -1);
-	if (!pd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ret = platform_device_add(pd);
-	if (ret)
-		platform_device_put(pd);
-
-	return ret;
+	return IS_ERR(platform_device_register_simple("sgibtns", -1, NULL, 0));
 }
 
 device_initcall(sgio2btns_devinit);