diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a0b4aa4b6ba4..fe7d47e87600 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e0df5417acf65cff05343b1fb83fb40344e155ea
+refs/heads/master: ec0c8d555a93aa7e2c5c4f11f12686e5b2245696
diff --git a/trunk/include/media/soc_camera_platform.h b/trunk/include/media/soc_camera_platform.h
index 0ecefe227b76..6d7a4fd00fc0 100644
--- a/trunk/include/media/soc_camera_platform.h
+++ b/trunk/include/media/soc_camera_platform.h
@@ -25,4 +25,54 @@ struct soc_camera_platform_info {
 	int (*set_capture)(struct soc_camera_platform_info *info, int enable);
 };
 
+static inline void soc_camera_platform_release(struct platform_device **pdev)
+{
+	*pdev = NULL;
+}
+
+static inline int soc_camera_platform_add(const struct soc_camera_link *icl,
+					  struct device *dev,
+					  struct platform_device **pdev,
+					  struct soc_camera_link *plink,
+					  void (*release)(struct device *dev),
+					  int id)
+{
+	struct soc_camera_platform_info *info = plink->priv;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (icl != plink)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (*pdev)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	*pdev = platform_device_alloc("soc_camera_platform", id);
+	if (!*pdev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	info->dev = dev;
+
+	(*pdev)->dev.platform_data = info;
+	(*pdev)->dev.release = release;
+
+	ret = platform_device_add(*pdev);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		platform_device_put(*pdev);
+		*pdev = NULL;
+		info->dev = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void soc_camera_platform_del(const struct soc_camera_link *icl,
+					   struct platform_device *pdev,
+					   const struct soc_camera_link *plink)
+{
+	if (icl != plink || !pdev)
+		return;
+
+	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
+}
+
 #endif /* __SOC_CAMERA_H__ */