diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c
index 06aad0831c73..2cc755a64302 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static struct hwrng omap_rng_ops = {
 
 static int __devinit omap_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct resource *res, *mem;
+	struct resource *res;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -116,14 +116,12 @@ static int __devinit omap_rng_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!res)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
-	mem = request_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res),
-				 pdev->name);
-	if (mem == NULL) {
+	if (!request_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res), pdev->name)) {
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 		goto err_region;
 	}
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, mem);
+	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, res);
 	rng_base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (!rng_base) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -146,7 +144,7 @@ err_register:
 	iounmap(rng_base);
 	rng_base = NULL;
 err_ioremap:
-	release_resource(mem);
+	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 err_region:
 	if (cpu_is_omap24xx()) {
 		clk_disable(rng_ick);
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ err_region:
 
 static int __exit omap_rng_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct resource *mem = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
+	struct resource *res = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
 
 	hwrng_unregister(&omap_rng_ops);
 
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ static int __exit omap_rng_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		clk_put(rng_ick);
 	}
 
-	release_resource(mem);
+	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	rng_base = NULL;
 
 	return 0;