diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/generic.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/generic.c
index d0660a8c4b70..d327c127eddb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/generic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/generic.c
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ static struct platform_device pxafb_device = {
 	.resource	= pxafb_resources,
 };
 
+void __init set_pxa_fb_parent(struct device *parent_dev)
+{
+	pxafb_device.dev.parent = parent_dev;
+}
+
 static struct platform_device ffuart_device = {
 	.name		= "pxa2xx-uart",
 	.id		= 0,
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
index 568afe3d6e1a..7eaeb24aae1e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/spitz.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static void __init common_init(void)
 
 	platform_add_devices(devices, ARRAY_SIZE(devices));
 	pxa_set_mci_info(&spitz_mci_platform_data);
-	pxafb_device.dev.parent = &spitzssp_device.dev;
+	set_pxa_fb_parent(&spitzssp_device.dev);
 	set_pxa_fb_info(&spitz_pxafb_info);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/arch-pxa/pxafb.h b/include/asm-arm/arch-pxa/pxafb.h
index 21c0e16dce5f..aba9b30f4249 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/arch-pxa/pxafb.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/arch-pxa/pxafb.h
@@ -66,4 +66,5 @@ struct pxafb_mach_info {
 
 };
 void set_pxa_fb_info(struct pxafb_mach_info *hard_pxa_fb_info);
+void set_pxa_fb_parent(struct device *parent_dev);
 unsigned long pxafb_get_hsync_time(struct device *dev);