static void __init spear1310_dt_init(void)
 {
        of_platform_populate(NULL, of_default_bus_match_table, NULL, NULL);
+       platform_device_register_simple("spear-cpufreq", -1, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 static const char * const spear1310_dt_board_compat[] = {
 
 {
        of_platform_populate(NULL, of_default_bus_match_table,
                        spear1340_auxdata_lookup, NULL);
+       platform_device_register_simple("spear-cpufreq", -1, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 static const char * const spear1340_dt_board_compat[] = {
 
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
        .attr           = cpufreq_generic_attr,
 };
 
-static int spear_cpufreq_driver_init(void)
+static int spear_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
        struct device_node *np;
        const struct property *prop;
        of_node_put(np);
        return ret;
 }
-late_initcall(spear_cpufreq_driver_init);
+
+static struct platform_driver spear_cpufreq_platdrv = {
+       .driver = {
+               .name   = "spear-cpufreq",
+               .owner  = THIS_MODULE,
+       },
+       .probe          = spear_cpufreq_probe,
+};
+module_platform_driver(spear_cpufreq_platdrv);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Deepak Sikri <deepak.sikri@st.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SPEAr CPUFreq driver");