diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.c
index 40b774084514..db52d2c4791d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void clks_register(struct clk_lookup *clks, size_t num)
 		clkdev_add(&clks[i]);
 }
 
-int clk_add_alias(char *alias, struct device *alias_dev, char *id,
+int clk_add_alias(const char *alias, const char *alias_dev_name, char *id,
 	struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct clk *r = clk_get(dev, id);
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int clk_add_alias(char *alias, struct device *alias_dev, char *id,
 	if (!r)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	l = clkdev_alloc(r, alias, alias_dev ? dev_name(alias_dev) : NULL);
+	l = clkdev_alloc(r, alias, alias_dev_name);
 	clk_put(r);
 	if (!l)
 		return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.h b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.h
index 4e9c613c6767..5599bceff738 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/clock.h
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ extern void clk_pxa3xx_cken_disable(struct clk *);
 #endif
 
 void clks_register(struct clk_lookup *clks, size_t num);
-int clk_add_alias(char *alias, struct device *alias_dev, char *id,
+int clk_add_alias(const char *alias, const char *alias_name, char *id,
 	struct device *dev);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e740.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e740.c
index 6d48e00f4f0b..f2402f669b56 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e740.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e740.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void __init e740_init(void)
 {
 	pxa2xx_mfp_config(ARRAY_AND_SIZE(e740_pin_config));
 	eseries_register_clks();
-	clk_add_alias("CLK_CK48M", &e740_t7l66xb_device.dev,
+	clk_add_alias("CLK_CK48M", e740_t7l66xb_device.name,
 			"UDCCLK", &pxa25x_device_udc.dev),
 	eseries_get_tmio_gpios();
 	platform_add_devices(devices, ARRAY_SIZE(devices));
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e750.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e750.c
index be1ab8edb973..1379f9ad66a7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e750.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e750.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static struct platform_device *devices[] __initdata = {
 static void __init e750_init(void)
 {
 	pxa2xx_mfp_config(ARRAY_AND_SIZE(e750_pin_config));
-	clk_add_alias("CLK_CK3P6MI", &e750_tc6393xb_device.dev,
+	clk_add_alias("CLK_CK3P6MI", e750_tc6393xb_device.name,
 			"GPIO11_CLK", NULL),
 	eseries_get_tmio_gpios();
 	platform_add_devices(devices, ARRAY_SIZE(devices));
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e800.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e800.c
index cc9b1293e866..0cc0062ea836 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e800.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/e800.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static struct platform_device *devices[] __initdata = {
 
 static void __init e800_init(void)
 {
-	clk_add_alias("CLK_CK3P6MI", &e800_tc6393xb_device.dev,
+	clk_add_alias("CLK_CK3P6MI", e800_tc6393xb_device.name,
 			"GPIO11_CLK", NULL),
 	eseries_get_tmio_gpios();
 	platform_add_devices(devices, ARRAY_SIZE(devices));
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c
index 3332e5d0356c..3fe137fc72d2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/tosa.c
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ static void __init tosa_init(void)
 	pxa2xx_set_spi_info(2, &pxa_ssp_master_info);
 	spi_register_board_info(spi_board_info, ARRAY_SIZE(spi_board_info));
 
-	clk_add_alias("CLK_CK3P6MI", &tc6393xb_device.dev, "GPIO11_CLK", NULL);
+	clk_add_alias("CLK_CK3P6MI", tc6393xb_device.name, "GPIO11_CLK", NULL);
 
 	platform_add_devices(devices, ARRAY_SIZE(devices));
 }