diff --git a/Documentation/sparc/sbus_drivers.txt b/Documentation/sparc/sbus_drivers.txt
index 8418d35484fc850b28ec0744a1b8aa4751d8d2b2..eb1e28ad8822f32421db93dd211f1e2be0084488 100644
--- a/Documentation/sparc/sbus_drivers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sparc/sbus_drivers.txt
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ probe in an SBUS driver under Linux:
 	MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, mydevice_match);
 
 	static struct of_platform_driver mydevice_driver = {
-		.name		= "mydevice",
 		.match_table	= mydevice_match,
 		.probe		= mydevice_probe,
 		.remove		= __devexit_p(mydevice_remove),
+		.driver		= {
+			.name		= "mydevice",
+		},
 	};
 
 	static int __init mydevice_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device.c
index 36383f73d6855a425a92e60884c20f10e4c9f6be..fb2caef79cec407f0e36497567902c88c88b2418 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/of_device.c
@@ -588,7 +588,10 @@ __setup("of_debug=", of_debug);
 int of_register_driver(struct of_platform_driver *drv, struct bus_type *bus)
 {
 	/* initialize common driver fields */
-	drv->driver.name = drv->name;
+	if (!drv->driver.name)
+		drv->driver.name = drv->name;
+	if (!drv->driver.owner)
+		drv->driver.owner = drv->owner;
 	drv->driver.bus = bus;
 
 	/* register with core */
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/of_device.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/of_device.c
index 4cc77485f53602ba54714e88b42d61e1bb062047..42d779866fba394135bf7063d5b6a04e29fe1c7b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/of_device.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/of_device.c
@@ -872,7 +872,10 @@ __setup("of_debug=", of_debug);
 int of_register_driver(struct of_platform_driver *drv, struct bus_type *bus)
 {
 	/* initialize common driver fields */
-	drv->driver.name = drv->name;
+	if (!drv->driver.name)
+		drv->driver.name = drv->name;
+	if (!drv->driver.owner)
+		drv->driver.owner = drv->owner;
 	drv->driver.bus = bus;
 
 	/* register with core */