.get_brightness = max8925_backlight_get_brightness,
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
-static int max8925_backlight_dt_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
-                             struct max8925_backlight_pdata *pdata)
+static void max8925_backlight_dt_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
        struct device_node *nproot = pdev->dev.parent->of_node, *np;
-       int dual_string;
+       struct max8925_backlight_pdata *pdata;
+       u32 val;
+
+       if (!nproot || !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF))
+               return;
+
+       pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
+                            sizeof(struct max8925_backlight_pdata),
+                            GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!pdata)
+               return;
 
-       if (!nproot)
-               return -ENODEV;
        np = of_find_node_by_name(nproot, "backlight");
        if (!np) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to find backlight node\n");
-               return -ENODEV;
+               return;
        }
 
-       of_property_read_u32(np, "maxim,max8925-dual-string", &dual_string);
-       pdata->dual_string = dual_string;
-       return 0;
+       if (!of_property_read_u32(np, "maxim,max8925-dual-string", &val))
+               pdata->dual_string = val;
+
+       pdev->dev.platform_data = pdata;
 }
-#else
-#define max8925_backlight_dt_init(x, y)        (-1)
-#endif
 
 static int max8925_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
        struct max8925_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(pdev->dev.parent);
-       struct max8925_backlight_pdata *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
+       struct max8925_backlight_pdata *pdata;
        struct max8925_backlight_data *data;
        struct backlight_device *bl;
        struct backlight_properties props;
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, bl);
 
        value = 0;
-       if (pdev->dev.parent->of_node && !pdata) {
-               pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
-                                    sizeof(struct max8925_backlight_pdata),
-                                    GFP_KERNEL);
-               max8925_backlight_dt_init(pdev, pdata);
-       }
+       if (!pdev->dev.platform_data)
+               max8925_backlight_dt_init(pdev);
 
+       pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
        if (pdata) {
                if (pdata->lxw_scl)
                        value |= (1 << 7);