diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/nomadik-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/nomadik-rng.c
index 3d3c1e6703b404e18944394b373452357e85a82b..96de0249e595812f778786380cac78866b3b408e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/nomadik-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/nomadik-rng.c
@@ -107,17 +107,6 @@ static struct amba_driver nmk_rng_driver = {
.id_table = nmk_rng_ids,
};
-static int __init nmk_rng_init(void)
-{
- return amba_driver_register(&nmk_rng_driver);
-}
-
-static void __devexit nmk_rng_exit(void)
-{
- amba_driver_unregister(&nmk_rng_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(nmk_rng_init);
-module_exit(nmk_rng_exit);
+module_amba_driver(nmk_rng_driver);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/dma/pl330.c b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
index b8ec03ee8e22e495e633ff95bf9faf0d02756dac..16b66c827f19984c47401b89d70338570c446f18 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/pl330.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/pl330.c
@@ -1035,18 +1035,7 @@ static struct amba_driver pl330_driver = {
.remove = pl330_remove,
};
-static int __init pl330_init(void)
-{
- return amba_driver_register(&pl330_driver);
-}
-module_init(pl330_init);
-
-static void __exit pl330_exit(void)
-{
- amba_driver_unregister(&pl330_driver);
- return;
-}
-module_exit(pl330_exit);
+module_amba_driver(pl330_driver);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Jaswinder Singh <jassi.brar@samsung.com>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("API Driver for PL330 DMAC");
diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/ambakmi.c b/drivers/input/serio/ambakmi.c
index 8407d5b0ced8c3d1005e7346fbd7420f40703ba6..2ffd110bd5bc756e461051d39ba31238202a0fa7 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/ambakmi.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/ambakmi.c
@@ -208,18 +208,7 @@ static struct amba_driver ambakmi_driver = {
.resume = amba_kmi_resume,
};
-static int __init amba_kmi_init(void)
-{
- return amba_driver_register(&ambakmi_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit amba_kmi_exit(void)
-{
- amba_driver_unregister(&ambakmi_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(amba_kmi_init);
-module_exit(amba_kmi_exit);
+module_amba_driver(ambakmi_driver);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("AMBA KMI controller driver");
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
index 304f2f98b68023b175ad71df111c7541d40e5dc0..6692392c05ddd2483fae74f214dc753ad957f0aa 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/mmci.c
@@ -1519,18 +1519,8 @@ static struct amba_driver mmci_driver = {
.id_table = mmci_ids,
};
-static int __init mmci_init(void)
-{
- return amba_driver_register(&mmci_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit mmci_exit(void)
-{
- amba_driver_unregister(&mmci_driver);
-}
+module_amba_driver(mmci_driver);
-module_init(mmci_init);
-module_exit(mmci_exit);
module_param(fmax, uint, 0444);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ARM PrimeCell PL180/181 Multimedia Card Interface driver");
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl030.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl030.c
index 02111fee077e423140966159787ee8cef7660706..b2d3d20baebc2b07339846929b6d6593e1f821f2 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl030.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl030.c
@@ -185,18 +185,7 @@ static struct amba_driver pl030_driver = {
.id_table = pl030_ids,
};
-static int __init pl030_init(void)
-{
- return amba_driver_register(&pl030_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit pl030_exit(void)
-{
- amba_driver_unregister(&pl030_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(pl030_init);
-module_exit(pl030_exit);
+module_amba_driver(pl030_driver);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ARM AMBA PL030 RTC Driver");
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
index a952c8de1dd73776b979784752f8587a6d2b4744..359e2c53c54585bf5d986a01b03ec6af7e4bf075 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pl031.c
@@ -431,18 +431,7 @@ static struct amba_driver pl031_driver = {
.remove = pl031_remove,
};
-static int __init pl031_init(void)
-{
- return amba_driver_register(&pl031_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit pl031_exit(void)
-{
- amba_driver_unregister(&pl031_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(pl031_init);
-module_exit(pl031_exit);
+module_amba_driver(pl031_driver);
MODULE_AUTHOR("Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@plexity.net");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ARM AMBA PL031 RTC Driver");
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sp805_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sp805_wdt.c
index eef1524ae52eaeb90bed1dba3761c61ed83e1a29..3ff9e47bd2188da7fcf071a6220380c82a905d2e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sp805_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sp805_wdt.c
@@ -370,17 +370,7 @@ static struct amba_driver sp805_wdt_driver = {
.remove = __devexit_p(sp805_wdt_remove),
};
-static int __init sp805_wdt_init(void)
-{
- return amba_driver_register(&sp805_wdt_driver);
-}
-module_init(sp805_wdt_init);
-
-static void __exit sp805_wdt_exit(void)
-{
- amba_driver_unregister(&sp805_wdt_driver);
-}
-module_exit(sp805_wdt_exit);
+module_amba_driver(sp805_wdt_driver);
module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
diff --git a/include/linux/amba/bus.h b/include/linux/amba/bus.h
index a9fab831caf8fd8c3432c4805fd34ea9156daaa8..7847e197730ac86cc480092d5dd525499d106716 100644
--- a/include/linux/amba/bus.h
+++ b/include/linux/amba/bus.h
@@ -125,4 +125,13 @@ struct amba_device name##_device = { \
.periphid = id, \
}
+/*
+ * module_amba_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_amba_driver(__amba_drv) \
+ module_driver(__amba_drv, amba_driver_register, amba_driver_unregister)
+
#endif
diff --git a/sound/arm/aaci.c b/sound/arm/aaci.c
index b37b702a3a6a7e3ad6b906fe0a502b1172446cae..5119fdabcb98728a0d0520fd9a69c75a8fe11f6a 100644
--- a/sound/arm/aaci.c
+++ b/sound/arm/aaci.c
@@ -1110,18 +1110,7 @@ static struct amba_driver aaci_driver = {
.id_table = aaci_ids,
};
-static int __init aaci_init(void)
-{
- return amba_driver_register(&aaci_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit aaci_exit(void)
-{
- amba_driver_unregister(&aaci_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(aaci_init);
-module_exit(aaci_exit);
+module_amba_driver(aaci_driver);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ARM PrimeCell PL041 Advanced Audio CODEC Interface driver");