diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/pcspeaker.c b/arch/x86/kernel/pcspeaker.c
index bc1f2d3ea277..a311ffcaad16 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/pcspeaker.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/pcspeaker.c
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
-#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 
 static __init int add_pcspkr(void)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pd;
-	int ret;
 
-	pd = platform_device_alloc("pcspkr", -1);
-	if (!pd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	pd = platform_device_register_simple("pcspkr", -1, NULL, 0);
 
-	ret = platform_device_add(pd);
-	if (ret)
-		platform_device_put(pd);
-
-	return ret;
+	return IS_ERR(pd) ? PTR_ERR(pd) : 0;
 }
 device_initcall(add_pcspkr);