diff --git a/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c b/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c
index 044ea0647b045206bc0f7f0ed6123c273232c665..6ea905c2cf6d1f030dd0893f0a1097e1d5aef03f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/at91_can.c
@@ -1383,18 +1383,7 @@ static struct platform_driver at91_can_driver = {
 	.id_table = at91_can_id_table,
 };
 
-static int __init at91_can_module_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&at91_can_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit at91_can_module_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&at91_can_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(at91_can_module_init);
-module_exit(at91_can_module_exit);
+module_platform_driver(at91_can_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/bfin_can.c b/drivers/net/can/bfin_can.c
index a1c5abc38cd26b9591083ef467a4b73ea67883ea..349e0fabb63abb8b589d49dceab652a73a52aca5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/bfin_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/bfin_can.c
@@ -676,17 +676,7 @@ static struct platform_driver bfin_can_driver = {
 	},
 };
 
-static int __init bfin_can_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&bfin_can_driver);
-}
-module_init(bfin_can_init);
-
-static void __exit bfin_can_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&bfin_can_driver);
-}
-module_exit(bfin_can_exit);
+module_platform_driver(bfin_can_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Barry Song <21cnbao@gmail.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_platform.c b/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_platform.c
index 0b5c6f8bdd347e2285a1fd68957114bed0fdc1a0..5e1a5ff6476ef0919e029640cb8890b78c2b55ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_platform.c
@@ -197,17 +197,7 @@ static struct platform_driver c_can_plat_driver = {
 	.remove = __devexit_p(c_can_plat_remove),
 };
 
-static int __init c_can_plat_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&c_can_plat_driver);
-}
-module_init(c_can_plat_init);
-
-static void __exit c_can_plat_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&c_can_plat_driver);
-}
-module_exit(c_can_plat_exit);
+module_platform_driver(c_can_plat_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Bhupesh Sharma <bhupesh.sharma@st.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
index e02337953f41b93b3c8f8e300e26adef196ef6f6..165a4c79802515123dd64375a4a0952a179b205b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
@@ -1060,20 +1060,7 @@ static struct platform_driver flexcan_driver = {
 	.remove = __devexit_p(flexcan_remove),
 };
 
-static int __init flexcan_init(void)
-{
-	pr_info("%s netdevice driver\n", DRV_NAME);
-	return platform_driver_register(&flexcan_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit flexcan_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&flexcan_driver);
-	pr_info("%s: driver removed\n", DRV_NAME);
-}
-
-module_init(flexcan_init);
-module_exit(flexcan_exit);
+module_platform_driver(flexcan_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Sascha Hauer <kernel@pengutronix.de>, "
 	      "Marc Kleine-Budde <kernel@pengutronix.de>");
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/janz-ican3.c b/drivers/net/can/janz-ican3.c
index 32778d56d3306e57d08d735925305e262bd074da..08c893cb7896a9e97e5bc920f0f65613b33e24f6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/janz-ican3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/janz-ican3.c
@@ -1803,20 +1803,9 @@ static struct platform_driver ican3_driver = {
 	.remove		= __devexit_p(ican3_remove),
 };
 
-static int __init ican3_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&ican3_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit ican3_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&ican3_driver);
-}
+module_platform_driver(ican3_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Ira W. Snyder <iws@ovro.caltech.edu>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Janz MODULbus VMOD-ICAN3 Driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:janz-ican3");
-
-module_init(ican3_init);
-module_exit(ican3_exit);
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c b/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c
index 5fedc3375562316c3e13f0a9a7ff4b94854c9c34..5caa572d71e3bbf2babd6c9e918950dd159765ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/mscan/mpc5xxx_can.c
@@ -411,17 +411,7 @@ static struct platform_driver mpc5xxx_can_driver = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static int __init mpc5xxx_can_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&mpc5xxx_can_driver);
-}
-module_init(mpc5xxx_can_init);
-
-static void __exit mpc5xxx_can_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&mpc5xxx_can_driver);
-};
-module_exit(mpc5xxx_can_exit);
+module_platform_driver(mpc5xxx_can_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Freescale MPC5xxx CAN driver");
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/sja1000/sja1000_of_platform.c b/drivers/net/can/sja1000/sja1000_of_platform.c
index c3dd9d09be572b0ff165edc3a28102935839b418..f2683eb6a3d588a7dff7af9f8830a79dc18206c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/sja1000/sja1000_of_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/sja1000/sja1000_of_platform.c
@@ -220,14 +220,4 @@ static struct platform_driver sja1000_ofp_driver = {
 	.remove = __devexit_p(sja1000_ofp_remove),
 };
 
-static int __init sja1000_ofp_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&sja1000_ofp_driver);
-}
-module_init(sja1000_ofp_init);
-
-static void __exit sja1000_ofp_exit(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_unregister(&sja1000_ofp_driver);
-};
-module_exit(sja1000_ofp_exit);
+module_platform_driver(sja1000_ofp_driver);
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/sja1000/sja1000_platform.c b/drivers/net/can/sja1000/sja1000_platform.c
index d9fadc489b32dc75f09c0d55d63b9e85b90f143c..4f50145f64839f519c232d0e4ec79e7fedf2bd34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/sja1000/sja1000_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/sja1000/sja1000_platform.c
@@ -185,15 +185,4 @@ static struct platform_driver sp_driver = {
 	},
 };
 
-static int __init sp_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&sp_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit sp_exit(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&sp_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(sp_init);
-module_exit(sp_exit);
+module_platform_driver(sp_driver);
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c
index 09a8b86cf1ac314819a5e386bf3500bea76ec9e5..a7c77c744ee9150d506fcfcb891bc7ac719606e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c
@@ -874,21 +874,9 @@ static struct platform_driver softing_driver = {
 	.remove = __devexit_p(softing_pdev_remove),
 };
 
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:softing");
-
-static int __init softing_start(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&softing_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit softing_stop(void)
-{
-	platform_driver_unregister(&softing_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(softing_start);
-module_exit(softing_stop);
+module_platform_driver(softing_driver);
 
+MODULE_ALIAS("platform:softing");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Softing DPRAM CAN driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@eia.be>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/ti_hecc.c b/drivers/net/can/ti_hecc.c
index 2adc294f512a8c0add1ba99c49660b0a48a5bd7d..df809e3f130eed15f952323d0291ba6daa1661b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/ti_hecc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/ti_hecc.c
@@ -1037,20 +1037,7 @@ static struct platform_driver ti_hecc_driver = {
 	.resume = ti_hecc_resume,
 };
 
-static int __init ti_hecc_init_driver(void)
-{
-	printk(KERN_INFO DRV_DESC "\n");
-	return platform_driver_register(&ti_hecc_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit ti_hecc_exit_driver(void)
-{
-	printk(KERN_INFO DRV_DESC " unloaded\n");
-	platform_driver_unregister(&ti_hecc_driver);
-}
-
-module_exit(ti_hecc_exit_driver);
-module_init(ti_hecc_init_driver);
+module_platform_driver(ti_hecc_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Anant Gole <anantgole@ti.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");