diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index ab55f35019fc..a44f1f27ecfa 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ config RTC_DRV_TWL92330
 config RTC_DRV_TWL4030
 	tristate "TI TWL4030/TWL5030/TWL6030/TPS659x0"
 	depends on TWL4030_CORE
+	depends on OF
 	help
 	  If you say yes here you get support for the RTC on the
 	  TWL4030/TWL5030/TWL6030 family chips, used mostly with OMAP3 platforms.
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-twl.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-twl.c
index 1e415268770e..c18c39212ce6 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-twl.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-twl.c
@@ -496,10 +496,16 @@ static const struct rtc_class_ops twl_rtc_ops = {
 static int twl_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct twl_rtc *twl_rtc;
+	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	int irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	u8 rd_reg;
 
+	if (!np) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no DT info\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (irq <= 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -632,15 +638,11 @@ static int twl_rtc_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(twl_rtc_pm_ops, twl_rtc_suspend, twl_rtc_resume);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
 static const struct of_device_id twl_rtc_of_match[] = {
 	{.compatible = "ti,twl4030-rtc", },
 	{ },
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, twl_rtc_of_match);
-#endif
-
-MODULE_ALIAS("platform:twl_rtc");
 
 static struct platform_driver twl4030rtc_driver = {
 	.probe		= twl_rtc_probe,
@@ -649,7 +651,7 @@ static struct platform_driver twl4030rtc_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= "twl_rtc",
 		.pm		= &twl_rtc_pm_ops,
-		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(twl_rtc_of_match),
+		.of_match_table = twl_rtc_of_match,
 	},
 };