diff --git a/drivers/acpi/glue.c b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
index 10f160dc75b1cb5370063bcf96a6c738745d028c..a2f46d587d55d77310c96694b706a7d6b18b4643 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/glue.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
@@ -267,9 +267,9 @@ static int acpi_bind_one(struct device *dev, acpi_handle handle)
 {
 	acpi_status status;
 
-	if (dev->firmware_data) {
+	if (dev->archdata.acpi_handle) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX
-		       "Drivers changed 'firmware_data' for %s\n", dev->bus_id);
+		       "Drivers changed 'acpi_handle' for %s\n", dev->bus_id);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	get_device(dev);
@@ -278,25 +278,26 @@ static int acpi_bind_one(struct device *dev, acpi_handle handle)
 		put_device(dev);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	dev->firmware_data = handle;
+	dev->archdata.acpi_handle = handle;
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int acpi_unbind_one(struct device *dev)
 {
-	if (!dev->firmware_data)
+	if (!dev->archdata.acpi_handle)
 		return 0;
-	if (dev == acpi_get_physical_device(dev->firmware_data)) {
+	if (dev == acpi_get_physical_device(dev->archdata.acpi_handle)) {
 		/* acpi_get_physical_device increase refcnt by one */
 		put_device(dev);
-		acpi_detach_data(dev->firmware_data, acpi_glue_data_handler);
-		dev->firmware_data = NULL;
+		acpi_detach_data(dev->archdata.acpi_handle,
+				 acpi_glue_data_handler);
+		dev->archdata.acpi_handle = NULL;
 		/* acpi_bind_one increase refcnt by one */
 		put_device(dev);
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
-		       "Oops, 'firmware_data' corrupt for %s\n", dev->bus_id);
+		       "Oops, 'acpi_handle' corrupt for %s\n", dev->bus_id);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -328,7 +329,8 @@ static int acpi_platform_notify(struct device *dev)
 	if (!ret) {
 		struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
 
-		acpi_get_name(dev->firmware_data, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &buffer);
+		acpi_get_name(dev->archdata.acpi_handle,
+			      ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &buffer);
 		DBG("Device %s -> %s\n", dev->bus_id, (char *)buffer.pointer);
 		kfree(buffer.pointer);
 	} else
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index f338e40bd54477b2af0cc26ad0dd3455619d393b..fdd10953b2b6503760c91b8035b85d54243770bd 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ struct device *acpi_get_physical_device(acpi_handle);
 /* helper */
 acpi_handle acpi_get_child(acpi_handle, acpi_integer);
 acpi_handle acpi_get_pci_rootbridge_handle(unsigned int, unsigned int);
-#define DEVICE_ACPI_HANDLE(dev) ((acpi_handle)((dev)->firmware_data))
+#define DEVICE_ACPI_HANDLE(dev) ((acpi_handle)((dev)->archdata.acpi_handle))
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI */
 
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/device.h b/include/asm-i386/device.h
index d8f9872b0e2dc3587a9e658adc957f093b7906fb..849604c70e6b864495599cf349d08946e0072e95 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/device.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/device.h
@@ -3,5 +3,13 @@
  *
  * This file is released under the GPLv2
  */
-#include <asm-generic/device.h>
+#ifndef _ASM_I386_DEVICE_H
+#define _ASM_I386_DEVICE_H
 
+struct dev_archdata {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+	void	*acpi_handle;
+#endif
+};
+
+#endif /* _ASM_I386_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/device.h b/include/asm-ia64/device.h
index d8f9872b0e2dc3587a9e658adc957f093b7906fb..3db6daf7f25125dc36e45ff6cb4e360be3d399f3 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/device.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/device.h
@@ -3,5 +3,13 @@
  *
  * This file is released under the GPLv2
  */
-#include <asm-generic/device.h>
+#ifndef _ASM_IA64_DEVICE_H
+#define _ASM_IA64_DEVICE_H
 
+struct dev_archdata {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+	void	*acpi_handle;
+#endif
+};
+
+#endif /* _ASM_IA64_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/device.h b/include/asm-x86_64/device.h
index d8f9872b0e2dc3587a9e658adc957f093b7906fb..3afa03f33a360ffe0daf4eadc5c14fe2f068facc 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/device.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/device.h
@@ -3,5 +3,13 @@
  *
  * This file is released under the GPLv2
  */
-#include <asm-generic/device.h>
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_64_DEVICE_H
+#define _ASM_X86_64_DEVICE_H
 
+struct dev_archdata {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+	void	*acpi_handle;
+#endif
+};
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_64_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 5b54d756cd54f616b4d4bebc84be8085ec0f4a73..2d9dc358c02752b8f2d752c923f069af1a817e7b 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -369,8 +369,6 @@ struct device {
 	void		*driver_data;	/* data private to the driver */
 	void		*platform_data;	/* Platform specific data, device
 					   core doesn't touch it */
-	void		*firmware_data; /* Firmware specific data (e.g. ACPI,
-					   BIOS data),reserved for device core*/
 	struct dev_pm_info	power;
 
 	u64		*dma_mask;	/* dma mask (if dma'able device) */