diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
index 145aeadb6c03..bceb60c85c01 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_IDLE)		+= cpuidle/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DMA_ENGINE)	+= dma/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MMC)		+= mmc/
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMSTICK)		+= memstick/
-obj-$(CONFIG_NEW_LEDS)		+= leds/
+obj-y				+= leds/
 obj-$(CONFIG_INFINIBAND)	+= infiniband/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SGI_SN)		+= sn/
 obj-y				+= firmware/
diff --git a/drivers/leds/Kconfig b/drivers/leds/Kconfig
index a4a77734ab6e..1d027b475b22 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/leds/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ config LEDS_CLASS
 	  This option enables the led sysfs class in /sys/class/leds.  You'll
 	  need this to do anything useful with LEDs.  If unsure, say N.
 
+config LEDS_GPIO_REGISTER
+	bool
+	help
+	  This option provides the function gpio_led_register_device.
+	  As this function is used by arch code it must not be compiled as a
+	  module.
+
 if NEW_LEDS
 
 comment "LED drivers"
diff --git a/drivers/leds/Makefile b/drivers/leds/Makefile
index 0b6ad375bfdb..bccb96c9bb45 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/leds/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_COBALT_QUBE)		+= leds-cobalt-qube.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_COBALT_RAQ)		+= leds-cobalt-raq.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_SUNFIRE)		+= leds-sunfire.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_PCA9532)		+= leds-pca9532.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_GPIO_REGISTER)	+= leds-gpio-register.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_GPIO)			+= leds-gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_LP3944)		+= leds-lp3944.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LEDS_LP5521)		+= leds-lp5521.o
diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-gpio-register.c b/drivers/leds/leds-gpio-register.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c4ed5510f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-gpio-register.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Pengutronix
+ * Uwe Kleine-Koenig <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/leds.h>
+
+/**
+ * gpio_led_register_device - register a gpio-led device
+ * @pdata: the platform data used for the new device
+ *
+ * Makes a copy of pdata and pdata->leds and registers a new leds-gpio device
+ * with the result. This allows to have pdata and pdata-leds in .init.rodata
+ * and so saves some bytes compared to a static struct platform_device with
+ * static platform data.
+ *
+ * Returns the registered device or an error pointer.
+ */
+struct platform_device *__init gpio_led_register_device(
+		int id, const struct gpio_led_platform_data *pdata)
+{
+	struct platform_device *ret;
+	struct gpio_led_platform_data _pdata = *pdata;
+
+	_pdata.leds = kmemdup(pdata->leds,
+			pdata->num_leds * sizeof(*pdata->leds), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!_pdata.leds)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	ret = platform_device_register_resndata(NULL, "leds-gpio", id,
+			NULL, 0, &_pdata, sizeof(_pdata));
+	if (IS_ERR(ret))
+		kfree(_pdata.leds);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/leds.h b/include/linux/leds.h
index 61e0340a4b77..5884def15a24 100644
--- a/include/linux/leds.h
+++ b/include/linux/leds.h
@@ -207,5 +207,7 @@ struct gpio_led_platform_data {
 					unsigned long *delay_off);
 };
 
+struct platform_device *gpio_led_register_device(
+		int id, const struct gpio_led_platform_data *pdata);
 
 #endif		/* __LINUX_LEDS_H_INCLUDED */