diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_device.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_device.h
index 25cd9ac3b0958eb1a61d166b485731be2a480dab..bad4c3df70d8d8899b70b2a71068c81bb638c865 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_device.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_device.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
  *
  */
 struct omap_device {
-	u32                             magic;
 	struct platform_device		pdev;
 	struct omap_hwmod		**hwmods;
 	struct omap_device_pm_latency	*pm_lats;
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ int omap_device_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev);
 
 /* Core code interface */
 
-bool omap_device_is_valid(struct omap_device *od);
 int omap_device_count_resources(struct omap_device *od);
 int omap_device_fill_resources(struct omap_device *od, struct resource *res);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/omap_device.c
index d2b160942ccc5ec0a2e0fb2efe3e7e288da9cb12..7f05f4911862b8d7d702562bea5ce4b12829d4f6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/omap_device.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/omap_device.c
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@
 #define USE_WAKEUP_LAT			0
 #define IGNORE_WAKEUP_LAT		1
 
-/*
- * OMAP_DEVICE_MAGIC: used to determine whether a struct omap_device
- * obtained via container_of() is in fact a struct omap_device
- */
-#define OMAP_DEVICE_MAGIC		 0xf00dcafe
-
 /* Private functions */
 
 /**
@@ -414,8 +408,6 @@ struct omap_device *omap_device_build_ss(const char *pdev_name, int pdev_id,
 	od->pm_lats = pm_lats;
 	od->pm_lats_cnt = pm_lats_cnt;
 
-	od->magic = OMAP_DEVICE_MAGIC;
-
 	if (is_early_device)
 		ret = omap_early_device_register(od);
 	else
@@ -626,18 +618,6 @@ int omap_device_align_pm_lat(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * omap_device_is_valid - Check if pointer is a valid omap_device
- * @od: struct omap_device *
- *
- * Return whether struct omap_device pointer @od points to a valid
- * omap_device.
- */
-bool omap_device_is_valid(struct omap_device *od)
-{
-	return (od && od->magic == OMAP_DEVICE_MAGIC);
-}
-
 /**
  * omap_device_get_pwrdm - return the powerdomain * associated with @od
  * @od: struct omap_device *