diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 074754c23d33..23a30ada2d4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ extern int platform_device_add_data(struct platform_device *pdev,
 extern int platform_device_add(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_del(struct platform_device *pdev);
 extern void platform_device_put(struct platform_device *pdev);
+DEFINE_FREE(platform_device_put, struct platform_device *, if (_T) platform_device_put(_T))
 
 struct platform_driver {
 	int (*probe)(struct platform_device *);