diff --git a/drivers/pnp/base.h b/drivers/pnp/base.h
index cdcfa39cf167..e74a0f6a3157 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/base.h
+++ b/drivers/pnp/base.h
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 extern struct mutex pnp_lock;
 extern const struct attribute_group *pnp_dev_groups[];
-void *pnp_alloc(long size);
 
 int pnp_register_protocol(struct pnp_protocol *protocol);
 void pnp_unregister_protocol(struct pnp_protocol *protocol);
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/card.c b/drivers/pnp/card.c
index c2464ee08e4a..2430c14f472d 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/card.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/card.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int card_probe(struct pnp_card *card, struct pnp_card_driver *drv)
 	if (!id)
 		return 0;
 
-	clink = pnp_alloc(sizeof(*clink));
+	clink = kzalloc(sizeof(*clink), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!clink)
 		return 0;
 	clink->card = card;
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/core.c b/drivers/pnp/core.c
index a50ab002e9e4..ccdfbf3978c0 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/core.c
@@ -31,18 +31,6 @@ DEFINE_MUTEX(pnp_lock);
 int pnp_platform_devices;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pnp_platform_devices);
 
-void *pnp_alloc(long size)
-{
-	void *result;
-
-	result = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!result) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "pnp: Out of Memory\n");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return result;
-}
-
 static void pnp_remove_protocol(struct pnp_protocol *protocol)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&pnp_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/pnp/interface.c b/drivers/pnp/interface.c
index 602c46893e83..44efcdb87e6f 100644
--- a/drivers/pnp/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/pnp/interface.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static ssize_t options_show(struct device *dmdev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 	int ret, dep = 0, set = 0;
 	char *indent;
 
-	buffer = pnp_alloc(sizeof(pnp_info_buffer_t));
+	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(*buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buffer)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static ssize_t resources_show(struct device *dmdev,
 	if (!dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	buffer = pnp_alloc(sizeof(pnp_info_buffer_t));
+	buffer = kzalloc(sizeof(*buffer), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buffer)
 		return -ENOMEM;