diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/f71805f.c b/drivers/hwmon/f71805f.c
index 885465d..fd72440 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/f71805f.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/f71805f.c
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@
 #define ADDR_REG_OFFSET		0
 #define DATA_REG_OFFSET		1
 
-static struct resource f71805f_resource __initdata = {
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_IO,
-};
-
 /*
  * Registers
  */
@@ -782,6 +778,11 @@
 
 static int __init f71805f_device_add(unsigned short address)
 {
+	struct resource res = {
+		.start	= address,
+		.end	= address + REGION_LENGTH - 1,
+		.flags	= IORESOURCE_IO,
+	};
 	int err;
 
 	pdev = platform_device_alloc(DRVNAME, address);
@@ -791,10 +792,8 @@
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	f71805f_resource.start = address;
-	f71805f_resource.end = address + REGION_LENGTH - 1;
-	f71805f_resource.name = pdev->name;
-	err = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, &f71805f_resource, 1);
+	res.name = pdev->name;
+	err = platform_device_add_resources(pdev, &res, 1);
 	if (err) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR DRVNAME ": Device resource addition failed "
 		       "(%d)\n", err);