diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/efi.h
index 9de7ab2ce05d..a6f3b179e8a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI
 void efi_init(void);
+extern void efifb_setup_from_dmi(struct screen_info *si, const char *opt);
 
 int efi_create_mapping(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md);
 int efi_set_mapping_permissions(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *md);
@@ -52,10 +53,6 @@ void efi_virtmap_unload(void);
 struct screen_info *alloc_screen_info(void);
 void free_screen_info(struct screen_info *si);
 
-static inline void efifb_setup_from_dmi(struct screen_info *si, const char *opt)
-{
-}
-
 /*
  * A reasonable upper bound for the uncompressed kernel size is 32 MBytes,
  * so we will reserve that amount of memory. We have no easy way to tell what
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
index 3578aba9c608..42d673a011c8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI
 extern void efi_init(void);
+extern void efifb_setup_from_dmi(struct screen_info *si, const char *opt);
 #else
 #define efi_init()
 #endif
@@ -85,10 +86,6 @@ static inline void free_screen_info(struct screen_info *si)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void efifb_setup_from_dmi(struct screen_info *si, const char *opt)
-{
-}
-
 #define EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN		SZ_64K
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/efi.h
index 6d98cd999680..7a8f0d45b13a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI
 extern void efi_init(void);
+extern void efifb_setup_from_dmi(struct screen_info *si, const char *opt);
 #else
 #define efi_init()
 #endif
@@ -39,10 +40,6 @@ static inline void free_screen_info(struct screen_info *si)
 {
 }
 
-static inline void efifb_setup_from_dmi(struct screen_info *si, const char *opt)
-{
-}
-
 void efi_virtmap_load(void);
 void efi_virtmap_unload(void);
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index 71f3d97f0c39..af6719cc576b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -254,9 +254,9 @@ config QCOM_SCM_DOWNLOAD_MODE_DEFAULT
 config SYSFB
 	bool
 	default y
-	depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST
+	depends on X86 || ARM || ARM64 || RISCV || COMPILE_TEST
 
-config X86_SYSFB
+config SYSFB_SIMPLEFB
 	bool "Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer"
 	depends on SYSFB
 	help
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@ config X86_SYSFB
 	  bootloader or kernel can show basic video-output during boot for
 	  user-guidance and debugging. Historically, x86 used the VESA BIOS
 	  Extensions and EFI-framebuffers for this, which are mostly limited
-	  to x86.
+	  to x86 BIOS or EFI systems.
 	  This option, if enabled, marks VGA/VBE/EFI framebuffers as generic
 	  framebuffers so the new generic system-framebuffer drivers can be
-	  used on x86. If the framebuffer is not compatible with the generic
+	  used instead. If the framebuffer is not compatible with the generic
 	  modes, it is advertised as fallback platform framebuffer so legacy
 	  drivers like efifb, vesafb and uvesafb can pick it up.
 	  If this option is not selected, all system framebuffers are always
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/Makefile
index ad78f78ffa8d..6ac637e422b9 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RASPBERRYPI_FIRMWARE) += raspberrypi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FW_CFG_SYSFS)	+= qemu_fw_cfg.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SCM)		+= qcom_scm.o qcom_scm-smc.o qcom_scm-legacy.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFB)		+= sysfb.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_SYSFB)		+= sysfb_simplefb.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB)	+= sysfb_simplefb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TI_SCI_PROTOCOL)	+= ti_sci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRUSTED_FOUNDATIONS) += trusted_foundations.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TURRIS_MOX_RWTM)	+= turris-mox-rwtm.o
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c
index a552a08a1741..b19ce1a83f91 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c
@@ -275,93 +275,3 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
 	}
 #endif
 }
-
-static bool efifb_overlaps_pci_range(const struct of_pci_range *range)
-{
-	u64 fb_base = screen_info.lfb_base;
-
-	if (screen_info.capabilities & VIDEO_CAPABILITY_64BIT_BASE)
-		fb_base |= (u64)(unsigned long)screen_info.ext_lfb_base << 32;
-
-	return fb_base >= range->cpu_addr &&
-	       fb_base < (range->cpu_addr + range->size);
-}
-
-static struct device_node *find_pci_overlap_node(void)
-{
-	struct device_node *np;
-
-	for_each_node_by_type(np, "pci") {
-		struct of_pci_range_parser parser;
-		struct of_pci_range range;
-		int err;
-
-		err = of_pci_range_parser_init(&parser, np);
-		if (err) {
-			pr_warn("of_pci_range_parser_init() failed: %d\n", err);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		for_each_of_pci_range(&parser, &range)
-			if (efifb_overlaps_pci_range(&range))
-				return np;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-/*
- * If the efifb framebuffer is backed by a PCI graphics controller, we have
- * to ensure that this relation is expressed using a device link when
- * running in DT mode, or the probe order may be reversed, resulting in a
- * resource reservation conflict on the memory window that the efifb
- * framebuffer steals from the PCIe host bridge.
- */
-static int efifb_add_links(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
-{
-	struct device_node *sup_np;
-
-	sup_np = find_pci_overlap_node();
-
-	/*
-	 * If there's no PCI graphics controller backing the efifb, we are
-	 * done here.
-	 */
-	if (!sup_np)
-		return 0;
-
-	fwnode_link_add(fwnode, of_fwnode_handle(sup_np));
-	of_node_put(sup_np);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static const struct fwnode_operations efifb_fwnode_ops = {
-	.add_links = efifb_add_links,
-};
-
-static struct fwnode_handle efifb_fwnode;
-
-static int __init register_gop_device(void)
-{
-	struct platform_device *pd;
-	int err;
-
-	if (screen_info.orig_video_isVGA != VIDEO_TYPE_EFI)
-		return 0;
-
-	pd = platform_device_alloc("efi-framebuffer", 0);
-	if (!pd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PCI)) {
-		fwnode_init(&efifb_fwnode, &efifb_fwnode_ops);
-		pd->dev.fwnode = &efifb_fwnode;
-	}
-
-	err = platform_device_add_data(pd, &screen_info, sizeof(screen_info));
-	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	return platform_device_add(pd);
-}
-subsys_initcall(register_gop_device);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/sysfb_efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/sysfb_efi.c
index 9f035b15501c..f51865e1b876 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/sysfb_efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/sysfb_efi.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
- * Generic System Framebuffers on x86
+ * Generic System Framebuffers
  * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
  *
  * EFI Quirks Copyright (c) 2006 Edgar Hucek <gimli@dark-green.com>
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/of_address.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/screen_info.h>
 #include <linux/sysfb.h>
 #include <video/vga.h>
@@ -267,7 +269,72 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id efifb_dmi_swap_width_height[] __initconst = {
 	{},
 };
 
-__init void sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(void)
+static bool efifb_overlaps_pci_range(const struct of_pci_range *range)
+{
+	u64 fb_base = screen_info.lfb_base;
+
+	if (screen_info.capabilities & VIDEO_CAPABILITY_64BIT_BASE)
+		fb_base |= (u64)(unsigned long)screen_info.ext_lfb_base << 32;
+
+	return fb_base >= range->cpu_addr &&
+	       fb_base < (range->cpu_addr + range->size);
+}
+
+static struct device_node *find_pci_overlap_node(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *np;
+
+	for_each_node_by_type(np, "pci") {
+		struct of_pci_range_parser parser;
+		struct of_pci_range range;
+		int err;
+
+		err = of_pci_range_parser_init(&parser, np);
+		if (err) {
+			pr_warn("of_pci_range_parser_init() failed: %d\n", err);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		for_each_of_pci_range(&parser, &range)
+			if (efifb_overlaps_pci_range(&range))
+				return np;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If the efifb framebuffer is backed by a PCI graphics controller, we have
+ * to ensure that this relation is expressed using a device link when
+ * running in DT mode, or the probe order may be reversed, resulting in a
+ * resource reservation conflict on the memory window that the efifb
+ * framebuffer steals from the PCIe host bridge.
+ */
+static int efifb_add_links(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
+{
+	struct device_node *sup_np;
+
+	sup_np = find_pci_overlap_node();
+
+	/*
+	 * If there's no PCI graphics controller backing the efifb, we are
+	 * done here.
+	 */
+	if (!sup_np)
+		return 0;
+
+	fwnode_link_add(fwnode, of_fwnode_handle(sup_np));
+	of_node_put(sup_np);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct fwnode_operations efifb_fwnode_ops = {
+	.add_links = efifb_add_links,
+};
+
+static struct fwnode_handle efifb_fwnode;
+
+__init void sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(struct platform_device *pd)
 {
 	if (screen_info.orig_video_isVGA != VIDEO_TYPE_EFI ||
 	    !(screen_info.capabilities & VIDEO_CAPABILITY_SKIP_QUIRKS))
@@ -281,4 +348,9 @@ __init void sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(void)
 		screen_info.lfb_height = temp;
 		screen_info.lfb_linelength = 4 * screen_info.lfb_width;
 	}
+
+	if (screen_info.orig_video_isVGA == VIDEO_TYPE_EFI && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PCI)) {
+		fwnode_init(&efifb_fwnode, &efifb_fwnode_ops);
+		pd->dev.fwnode = &efifb_fwnode;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c b/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c
index 1337515963d5..2bfbb05f7d89 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/sysfb.c
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
- * Generic System Framebuffers on x86
+ * Generic System Framebuffers
  * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
  */
 
 /*
- * Simple-Framebuffer support for x86 systems
+ * Simple-Framebuffer support
  * Create a platform-device for any available boot framebuffer. The
  * simple-framebuffer platform device is already available on DT systems, so
  * this module parses the global "screen_info" object and creates a suitable
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
  * to pick these devices up without messing with simple-framebuffer drivers.
  * The global "screen_info" is still valid at all times.
  *
- * If CONFIG_X86_SYSFB is not selected, we never register "simple-framebuffer"
+ * If CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB is not selected, never register "simple-framebuffer"
  * platform devices, but only use legacy framebuffer devices for
  * backwards compatibility.
  *
  * TODO: We set the dev_id field of all platform-devices to 0. This allows
- * other x86 OF/DT parsers to create such devices, too. However, they must
+ * other OF/DT parsers to create such devices, too. However, they must
  * start at offset 1 for this to work.
  */
 
@@ -43,12 +43,10 @@ static __init int sysfb_init(void)
 	bool compatible;
 	int ret;
 
-	sysfb_apply_efi_quirks();
-
 	/* try to create a simple-framebuffer device */
-	compatible = parse_mode(si, &mode);
+	compatible = sysfb_parse_mode(si, &mode);
 	if (compatible) {
-		ret = create_simplefb(si, &mode);
+		ret = sysfb_create_simplefb(si, &mode);
 		if (!ret)
 			return 0;
 	}
@@ -61,9 +59,24 @@ static __init int sysfb_init(void)
 	else
 		name = "platform-framebuffer";
 
-	pd = platform_device_register_resndata(NULL, name, 0,
-					       NULL, 0, si, sizeof(*si));
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pd);
+	pd = platform_device_alloc(name, 0);
+	if (!pd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(pd);
+
+	ret = platform_device_add_data(pd, si, sizeof(*si));
+	if (ret)
+		goto err;
+
+	ret = platform_device_add(pd);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err;
+
+	return 0;
+err:
+	platform_device_put(pd);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* must execute after PCI subsystem for EFI quirks */
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/sysfb_simplefb.c b/drivers/firmware/sysfb_simplefb.c
index df892444ea17..b86761904949 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/sysfb_simplefb.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/sysfb_simplefb.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
- * Generic System Framebuffers on x86
+ * Generic System Framebuffers
  * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
  */
 
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 static const char simplefb_resname[] = "BOOTFB";
 static const struct simplefb_format formats[] = SIMPLEFB_FORMATS;
 
-/* try parsing x86 screen_info into a simple-framebuffer mode struct */
-__init bool parse_mode(const struct screen_info *si,
-		       struct simplefb_platform_data *mode)
+/* try parsing screen_info into a simple-framebuffer mode struct */
+__init bool sysfb_parse_mode(const struct screen_info *si,
+			     struct simplefb_platform_data *mode)
 {
 	const struct simplefb_format *f;
 	__u8 type;
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ __init bool parse_mode(const struct screen_info *si,
 	return false;
 }
 
-__init int create_simplefb(const struct screen_info *si,
-			   const struct simplefb_platform_data *mode)
+__init int sysfb_create_simplefb(const struct screen_info *si,
+				 const struct simplefb_platform_data *mode)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pd;
 	struct resource res;
 	u64 base, size;
 	u32 length;
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the 64BIT_BASE capability is set, ext_lfb_base will contain the
@@ -105,7 +106,19 @@ __init int create_simplefb(const struct screen_info *si,
 	if (res.end <= res.start)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	pd = platform_device_register_resndata(NULL, "simple-framebuffer", 0,
-					       &res, 1, mode, sizeof(*mode));
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(pd);
+	pd = platform_device_alloc("simple-framebuffer", 0);
+	if (!pd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(pd);
+
+	ret = platform_device_add_resources(pd, &res, 1);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = platform_device_add_data(pd, mode, sizeof(*mode));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return platform_device_add(pd);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig
index 5593128eeff9..d31be274a2bd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ config DRM_SIMPLEDRM
 	  buffer, size, and display format must be provided via device tree,
 	  UEFI, VESA, etc.
 
-	  On x86 and compatible, you should also select CONFIG_X86_SYSFB to
-	  use UEFI and VESA framebuffers.
+	  On x86 BIOS or UEFI systems, you should also select SYSFB_SIMPLEFB
+	  to use UEFI and VESA framebuffers.
 
 config TINYDRM_HX8357D
 	tristate "DRM support for HX8357D display panels"
diff --git a/include/linux/sysfb.h b/include/linux/sysfb.h
index 3e5355769dc3..b0dcfa26d07b 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfb.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfb.h
@@ -58,37 +58,37 @@ struct efifb_dmi_info {
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI
 
 extern struct efifb_dmi_info efifb_dmi_list[];
-void sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(void);
+void sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(struct platform_device *pd);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_EFI */
 
-static inline void sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(void)
+static inline void sysfb_apply_efi_quirks(struct platform_device *pd)
 {
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_EFI */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_SYSFB
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB
 
-bool parse_mode(const struct screen_info *si,
-		struct simplefb_platform_data *mode);
-int create_simplefb(const struct screen_info *si,
-		    const struct simplefb_platform_data *mode);
+bool sysfb_parse_mode(const struct screen_info *si,
+		      struct simplefb_platform_data *mode);
+int sysfb_create_simplefb(const struct screen_info *si,
+			  const struct simplefb_platform_data *mode);
 
-#else /* CONFIG_X86_SYSFB */
+#else /* CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLE */
 
-static inline bool parse_mode(const struct screen_info *si,
-			      struct simplefb_platform_data *mode)
+static inline bool sysfb_parse_mode(const struct screen_info *si,
+				    struct simplefb_platform_data *mode)
 {
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline int create_simplefb(const struct screen_info *si,
-				  const struct simplefb_platform_data *mode)
+static inline int sysfb_create_simplefb(const struct screen_info *si,
+					 const struct simplefb_platform_data *mode)
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_SYSFB */
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLE */
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_SYSFB_H */