diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 2630c2e953f7..053bf05fb1f7 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -885,6 +885,13 @@ static inline int acpi_device_modalias(struct device *dev,
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
+static inline struct platform_device *
+acpi_create_platform_device(struct acpi_device *adev,
+			    struct property_entry *properties)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline bool acpi_dma_supported(struct acpi_device *adev)
 {
 	return false;