diff --git a/arch/mips/rb532/devices.c b/arch/mips/rb532/devices.c
index 9f40e1ff9b4f..041fc1afc3f4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/rb532/devices.c
+++ b/arch/mips/rb532/devices.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ static struct korina_device korina_dev0_data = {
 static struct platform_device korina_dev0 = {
 	.id = -1,
 	.name = "korina",
-	.dev.driver_data = &korina_dev0_data,
 	.resource = korina_dev0_res,
 	.num_resources = ARRAY_SIZE(korina_dev0_res),
 };
@@ -332,6 +331,8 @@ static int __init plat_setup_devices(void)
 	/* set the uart clock to the current cpu frequency */
 	rb532_uart_res[0].uartclk = idt_cpu_freq;
 
+	dev_set_drvdata(&korina_dev0.dev, &korina_dev0_data);
+
 	return platform_add_devices(rb532_devs, ARRAY_SIZE(rb532_devs));
 }