diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 7fa654f1288b..b5ce7b085795 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -363,10 +363,10 @@ static void setup_pdev_dma_masks(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	if (!pdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask)
 		pdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
-	if (!pdev->dma_mask)
-		pdev->dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
-	if (!pdev->dev.dma_mask)
-		pdev->dev.dma_mask = &pdev->dma_mask;
+	if (!pdev->dev.dma_mask) {
+		pdev->platform_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
+		pdev->dev.dma_mask = &pdev->platform_dma_mask;
+	}
 };
 
 /**
@@ -662,20 +662,8 @@ struct platform_device *platform_device_register_full(
 	pdev->dev.of_node_reused = pdevinfo->of_node_reused;
 
 	if (pdevinfo->dma_mask) {
-		/*
-		 * This memory isn't freed when the device is put,
-		 * I don't have a nice idea for that though.  Conceptually
-		 * dma_mask in struct device should not be a pointer.
-		 * See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.pci/9081
-		 */
-		pdev->dev.dma_mask =
-			kmalloc(sizeof(*pdev->dev.dma_mask), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pdev->dev.dma_mask)
-			goto err;
-
-		kmemleak_ignore(pdev->dev.dma_mask);
-
-		*pdev->dev.dma_mask = pdevinfo->dma_mask;
+		pdev->platform_dma_mask = pdevinfo->dma_mask;
+		pdev->dev.dma_mask = &pdev->platform_dma_mask;
 		pdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = pdevinfo->dma_mask;
 	}
 
@@ -700,7 +688,6 @@ struct platform_device *platform_device_register_full(
 	if (ret) {
 err:
 		ACPI_COMPANION_SET(&pdev->dev, NULL);
-		kfree(pdev->dev.dma_mask);
 		platform_device_put(pdev);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 276a03c24691..041bfa412aa0 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct platform_device {
 	int		id;
 	bool		id_auto;
 	struct device	dev;
-	u64		dma_mask;
+	u64		platform_dma_mask;
 	u32		num_resources;
 	struct resource	*resource;