diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/acpi-als.c b/drivers/iio/light/acpi-als.c
index 2fe6b493c012..ab229318dce9 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/acpi-als.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/acpi-als.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
 #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
 #include <linux/iio/buffer.h>
@@ -175,9 +176,10 @@ static irqreturn_t acpi_als_trigger_handler(int irq, void *p)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static int acpi_als_add(struct acpi_device *device)
+static int acpi_als_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct device *dev = &device->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+	struct acpi_device *device = ACPI_COMPANION(dev);
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
 	struct acpi_als *als;
 	int ret;
@@ -188,7 +190,6 @@ static int acpi_als_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 
 	als = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
-	device->driver_data = indio_dev;
 	als->device = device;
 	mutex_init(&als->lock);
 
@@ -226,9 +227,10 @@ static int acpi_als_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 					       acpi_als_notify, indio_dev);
 }
 
-static void acpi_als_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
+static void acpi_als_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(device, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY, acpi_als_notify);
+	acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev),
+				       ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY, acpi_als_notify);
 }
 
 static const struct acpi_device_id acpi_als_device_ids[] = {
@@ -238,17 +240,15 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id acpi_als_device_ids[] = {
 
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, acpi_als_device_ids);
 
-static struct acpi_driver acpi_als_driver = {
-	.name	= "acpi_als",
-	.class	= ACPI_ALS_CLASS,
-	.ids	= acpi_als_device_ids,
-	.ops = {
-		.add	= acpi_als_add,
-		.remove	= acpi_als_remove,
+static struct platform_driver acpi_als_driver = {
+	.probe = acpi_als_probe,
+	.remove = acpi_als_remove,
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "acpi_als",
+		.acpi_match_table = acpi_als_device_ids,
 	},
 };
-
-module_acpi_driver(acpi_als_driver);
+module_platform_driver(acpi_als_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Martin Liska <marxin.liska@gmail.com>");