diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
index 6d0c353..e3fe83a 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-cmos.c
@@ -433,6 +433,19 @@
 	if (!ports)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	/* Claim I/O ports ASAP, minimizing conflict with legacy driver.
+	 *
+	 * REVISIT non-x86 systems may instead use memory space resources
+	 * (needing ioremap etc), not i/o space resources like this ...
+	 */
+	ports = request_region(ports->start,
+			ports->end + 1 - ports->start,
+			driver_name);
+	if (!ports) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "i/o registers already in use\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
 	cmos_rtc.irq = rtc_irq;
 	cmos_rtc.iomem = ports;
 
@@ -454,24 +467,13 @@
 
 	cmos_rtc.rtc = rtc_device_register(driver_name, dev,
 				&cmos_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
-	if (IS_ERR(cmos_rtc.rtc))
-		return PTR_ERR(cmos_rtc.rtc);
+	if (IS_ERR(cmos_rtc.rtc)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(cmos_rtc.rtc);
+		goto cleanup0;
+	}
 
 	cmos_rtc.dev = dev;
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, &cmos_rtc);
-
-	/* platform and pnp busses handle resources incompatibly.
-	 *
-	 * REVISIT for non-x86 systems we may need to handle io memory
-	 * resources: ioremap them, and request_mem_region().
-	 */
-	if (is_pnp()) {
-		retval = request_resource(&ioport_resource, ports);
-		if (retval < 0) {
-			dev_dbg(dev, "i/o registers already in use\n");
-			goto cleanup0;
-		}
-	}
 	rename_region(ports, cmos_rtc.rtc->dev.bus_id);
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
@@ -534,9 +536,10 @@
 	return 0;
 
 cleanup1:
-	rename_region(ports, NULL);
-cleanup0:
+	cmos_rtc.dev = NULL;
 	rtc_device_unregister(cmos_rtc.rtc);
+cleanup0:
+	release_region(ports->start, ports->end + 1 - ports->start);
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -555,19 +558,21 @@
 static void __exit cmos_do_remove(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct cmos_rtc	*cmos = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct resource *ports;
 
 	cmos_do_shutdown();
 
-	if (is_pnp())
-		release_resource(cmos->iomem);
-	rename_region(cmos->iomem, NULL);
-
 	if (is_valid_irq(cmos->irq))
-		free_irq(cmos->irq, cmos_rtc.rtc);
+		free_irq(cmos->irq, cmos->rtc);
 
-	rtc_device_unregister(cmos_rtc.rtc);
+	rtc_device_unregister(cmos->rtc);
+	cmos->rtc = NULL;
 
-	cmos_rtc.dev = NULL;
+	ports = cmos->iomem;
+	release_region(ports->start, ports->end + 1 - ports->start);
+	cmos->iomem = NULL;
+
+	cmos->dev = NULL;
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 }
 
@@ -654,7 +659,8 @@
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /* The "CMOS" RTC normally lives on the platform_bus.  On ACPI systems,
- * the device node will always be created as a PNPACPI device.
+ * the device node will always be created as a PNPACPI device.  Plus
+ * pre-ACPI PCs probably list it in the PNPBIOS tables.
  */
 
 #ifdef	CONFIG_PNP