diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 27bb05a..08de528 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -146,6 +146,23 @@
 	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, data);
 }
 
+/* module_platform_driver() - Helper macro for drivers that don't do
+ * anything special in module init/exit.  This eliminates a lot of
+ * boilerplate.  Each module may only use this macro once, and
+ * calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit()
+ */
+#define module_platform_driver(__platform_driver) \
+static int __init __platform_driver##_init(void) \
+{ \
+	return platform_driver_register(&(__platform_driver)); \
+} \
+module_init(__platform_driver##_init); \
+static void __exit __platform_driver##_exit(void) \
+{ \
+	platform_driver_unregister(&(__platform_driver)); \
+} \
+module_exit(__platform_driver##_exit);
+
 extern struct platform_device *platform_create_bundle(struct platform_driver *driver,
 					int (*probe)(struct platform_device *),
 					struct resource *res, unsigned int n_res,