diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c
index b5c1dae8327f..c73e299b08a5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c
@@ -682,9 +682,19 @@ static struct platform_device ep93xx_fb_device = {
 	.resource		= ep93xx_fb_resource,
 };
 
+/* The backlight use a single register in the framebuffer's register space */
+#define EP93XX_RASTER_REG_BRIGHTNESS 0x20
+
+static struct resource ep93xx_bl_resources[] = {
+	DEFINE_RES_MEM(EP93XX_RASTER_PHYS_BASE +
+		       EP93XX_RASTER_REG_BRIGHTNESS, 0x04),
+};
+
 static struct platform_device ep93xx_bl_device = {
 	.name		= "ep93xx-bl",
 	.id		= -1,
+	.num_resources	= ARRAY_SIZE(ep93xx_bl_resources),
+	.resource	= ep93xx_bl_resources,
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c
index b62b8b9063b5..08214e1f0958 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/fb.h>
 #include <linux/backlight.h>
 
-#include <mach/hardware.h>
-
-#define EP93XX_RASTER_REG(x)		(EP93XX_RASTER_BASE + (x))
-#define EP93XX_RASTER_BRIGHTNESS	EP93XX_RASTER_REG(0x20)
-
 #define EP93XX_MAX_COUNT		255
 #define EP93XX_MAX_BRIGHT		255
 #define EP93XX_DEF_BRIGHT		128
@@ -35,7 +30,7 @@ static int ep93xxbl_set(struct backlight_device *bl, int brightness)
 {
 	struct ep93xxbl *ep93xxbl = bl_get_data(bl);
 
-	__raw_writel((brightness << 8) | EP93XX_MAX_COUNT, ep93xxbl->mmio);
+	writel((brightness << 8) | EP93XX_MAX_COUNT, ep93xxbl->mmio);
 
 	ep93xxbl->brightness = brightness;
 
@@ -70,21 +65,29 @@ static int __init ep93xxbl_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	struct ep93xxbl *ep93xxbl;
 	struct backlight_device *bl;
 	struct backlight_properties props;
+	struct resource *res;
 
 	ep93xxbl = devm_kzalloc(&dev->dev, sizeof(*ep93xxbl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ep93xxbl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	res = platform_get_resource(dev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+	if (!res)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
 	/*
-	 * This register is located in the range already ioremap'ed by
-	 * the framebuffer driver.  A MFD driver seems a bit of overkill
-	 * to handle this so use the static I/O mapping; this address
-	 * is already virtual.
+	 * FIXME - We don't do a request_mem_region here because we are
+	 * sharing the register space with the framebuffer driver (see
+	 * drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c) and doing so will cause the second
+	 * loaded driver to return -EBUSY.
 	 *
 	 * NOTE: No locking is required; the framebuffer does not touch
 	 * this register.
 	 */
-	ep93xxbl->mmio = EP93XX_RASTER_BRIGHTNESS;
+	ep93xxbl->mmio = devm_ioremap(&dev->dev, res->start,
+				      resource_size(res));
+	if (!ep93xxbl->mmio)
+		return -ENXIO;
 
 	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(struct backlight_properties));
 	props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
diff --git a/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c b/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c
index 2e830ec52a5a..f8babbeee275 100644
--- a/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/ep93xx-fb.c
@@ -519,12 +519,15 @@ static int __devinit ep93xxfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
-	res = request_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res), pdev->name);
-	if (!res) {
-		err = -EBUSY;
-		goto failed;
-	}
-
+	/*
+	 * FIXME - We don't do a request_mem_region here because we are
+	 * sharing the register space with the backlight driver (see
+	 * drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c) and doing so will cause
+	 * the second loaded driver to return -EBUSY.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE: No locking is required; the backlight does not touch
+	 * any of the framebuffer registers.
+	 */
 	fbi->res = res;
 	fbi->mmio_base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (!fbi->mmio_base) {
@@ -586,8 +589,6 @@ failed:
 		clk_put(fbi->clk);
 	if (fbi->mmio_base)
 		iounmap(fbi->mmio_base);
-	if (fbi->res)
-		release_mem_region(fbi->res->start, resource_size(fbi->res));
 	ep93xxfb_dealloc_videomem(info);
 	if (&info->cmap)
 		fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
@@ -608,7 +609,6 @@ static int __devexit ep93xxfb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	clk_disable(fbi->clk);
 	clk_put(fbi->clk);
 	iounmap(fbi->mmio_base);
-	release_mem_region(fbi->res->start, resource_size(fbi->res));
 	ep93xxfb_dealloc_videomem(info);
 	fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);