diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-evm.c b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-evm.c
index 54851f318568..9b90b347007c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-evm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-evm.c
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ static int __init evm_init(void)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(evm_snd_device, &evm_snd_devdata);
 	evm_snd_devdata.dev = &evm_snd_device->dev;
-	evm_snd_device->dev.platform_data = &evm_snd_data;
+	platform_device_add_data(evm_snd_device, &evm_snd_data,
+				 sizeof(evm_snd_data));
 
 	ret = platform_device_add_resources(evm_snd_device, evm_snd_resources,
 					    ARRAY_SIZE(evm_snd_resources));
diff --git a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-sffsdr.c b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-sffsdr.c
index 50baef1fe5b4..0bf81abba8c7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-sffsdr.c
+++ b/sound/soc/davinci/davinci-sffsdr.c
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ static int __init sffsdr_init(void)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(sffsdr_snd_device, &sffsdr_snd_devdata);
 	sffsdr_snd_devdata.dev = &sffsdr_snd_device->dev;
-	sffsdr_snd_device->dev.platform_data = &sffsdr_snd_data;
+	platform_device_add_data(sffsdr_snd_device, &sffsdr_snd_data,
+				 sizeof(sffsdr_snd_data));
 
 	ret = platform_device_add_resources(sffsdr_snd_device,
 					    sffsdr_snd_resources,