diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 51bb2289865c..3a06c214ca1c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -1416,7 +1416,9 @@ static void platform_remove(struct device *_dev)
 	struct platform_driver *drv = to_platform_driver(_dev->driver);
 	struct platform_device *dev = to_platform_device(_dev);
 
-	if (drv->remove) {
+	if (drv->remove_new) {
+		drv->remove_new(dev);
+	} else if (drv->remove) {
 		int ret = drv->remove(dev);
 
 		if (ret)
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index b0d5a253156e..b845fd83f429 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -207,7 +207,18 @@ extern void platform_device_put(struct platform_device *pdev);
 
 struct platform_driver {
 	int (*probe)(struct platform_device *);
+
+	/*
+	 * Traditionally the remove callback returned an int which however is
+	 * ignored by the driver core. This led to wrong expectations by driver
+	 * authors who thought returning an error code was a valid error
+	 * handling strategy. To convert to a callback returning void, new
+	 * drivers should implement .remove_new() until the conversion it done
+	 * that eventually makes .remove() return void.
+	 */
 	int (*remove)(struct platform_device *);
+	void (*remove_new)(struct platform_device *);
+
 	void (*shutdown)(struct platform_device *);
 	int (*suspend)(struct platform_device *, pm_message_t state);
 	int (*resume)(struct platform_device *);