diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 8827dafba9451a7f741b9330eb0e87b58210ab3f..1091af1cbb582a10e0c5afbf4857f4c45e2cf16b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				p = &ioport_resource;
 		}
 
-		if (p && request_resource(p, r)) {
+		if (p && insert_resource(p, r)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR
 			       "%s: failed to claim resource %d\n",
 			       pdev->dev.bus_id, i);