diff --git a/Documentation/s390/vfio-ap.rst b/Documentation/s390/vfio-ap.rst
index e15436599086b7..f57ae621f33e89 100644
--- a/Documentation/s390/vfio-ap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/s390/vfio-ap.rst
@@ -514,7 +514,6 @@ These are the steps:
    * S390_AP_IOMMU
    * VFIO
    * VFIO_MDEV
-   * VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE
    * KVM
 
    If using make menuconfig select the following to build the vfio_ap module::
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index b4c7c34069f81a..ea63fd22e1198a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ config VFIO_CCW
 config VFIO_AP
 	def_tristate n
 	prompt "VFIO support for AP devices"
-	depends on S390_AP_IOMMU && VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE && KVM
+	depends on S390_AP_IOMMU && VFIO_MDEV && KVM
 	depends on ZCRYPT
 	help
 		This driver grants access to Adjunct Processor (AP) devices
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
index 69f57ca9c68d73..9ab1cecd69b2a0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ config DRM_I915_GVT_KVMGT
 	tristate "Enable KVM/VFIO support for Intel GVT-g"
 	depends on DRM_I915_GVT
 	depends on KVM
-	depends on VFIO_MDEV && VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE
+	depends on VFIO_MDEV
 	default n
 	help
 	  Choose this option if you want to enable KVMGT support for
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/mdev/Kconfig
index 5da27f2100f9bd..763c877a1318bc 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/Kconfig
@@ -9,10 +9,3 @@ config VFIO_MDEV
 	  See Documentation/driver-api/vfio-mediated-device.rst for more details.
 
 	  If you don't know what do here, say N.
-
-config VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE
-	tristate "VFIO driver for Mediated devices"
-	depends on VFIO && VFIO_MDEV
-	default n
-	help
-	  VFIO based driver for Mediated devices.
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/Makefile b/drivers/vfio/mdev/Makefile
index 101516fdf3753e..ff9ecd80212503 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-mdev-y := mdev_core.o mdev_sysfs.o mdev_driver.o
+mdev-y := mdev_core.o mdev_sysfs.o mdev_driver.o vfio_mdev.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_VFIO_MDEV) += mdev.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE) += vfio_mdev.o
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
index 2a85d6fcb7ddd0..ff8c1a84516698 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
@@ -360,11 +360,24 @@ int mdev_device_remove(struct mdev_device *mdev)
 
 static int __init mdev_init(void)
 {
-	return mdev_bus_register();
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = mdev_bus_register();
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+	rc = mdev_register_driver(&vfio_mdev_driver);
+	if (rc)
+		goto err_bus;
+	return 0;
+err_bus:
+	mdev_bus_unregister();
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static void __exit mdev_exit(void)
 {
+	mdev_unregister_driver(&vfio_mdev_driver);
+
 	if (mdev_bus_compat_class)
 		class_compat_unregister(mdev_bus_compat_class);
 
@@ -378,4 +391,3 @@ MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
-MODULE_SOFTDEP("post: vfio_mdev");
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
index 6999c89db7b162..afbad7b0a14a17 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ struct mdev_type {
 #define to_mdev_type(_kobj)		\
 	container_of(_kobj, struct mdev_type, kobj)
 
+extern struct mdev_driver vfio_mdev_driver;
+
 int  parent_create_sysfs_files(struct mdev_parent *parent);
 void parent_remove_sysfs_files(struct mdev_parent *parent);
 
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c b/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c
index 922729071c5a8e..d5b4eede47c1a5 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 
 #include "mdev_private.h"
 
-#define DRIVER_VERSION  "0.1"
-#define DRIVER_AUTHOR   "NVIDIA Corporation"
-#define DRIVER_DESC     "VFIO based driver for Mediated device"
-
 static int vfio_mdev_open(struct vfio_device *core_vdev)
 {
 	struct mdev_device *mdev = to_mdev_device(core_vdev->dev);
@@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ static void vfio_mdev_remove(struct mdev_device *mdev)
 	kfree(vdev);
 }
 
-static struct mdev_driver vfio_mdev_driver = {
+struct mdev_driver vfio_mdev_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "vfio_mdev",
 		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
@@ -160,21 +156,3 @@ static struct mdev_driver vfio_mdev_driver = {
 	.probe	= vfio_mdev_probe,
 	.remove	= vfio_mdev_remove,
 };
-
-static int __init vfio_mdev_init(void)
-{
-	return mdev_register_driver(&vfio_mdev_driver);
-}
-
-static void __exit vfio_mdev_exit(void)
-{
-	mdev_unregister_driver(&vfio_mdev_driver);
-}
-
-module_init(vfio_mdev_init)
-module_exit(vfio_mdev_exit)
-
-MODULE_VERSION(DRIVER_VERSION);
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
-MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
index b5a1a7aa7e23ab..b0503ef058d334 100644
--- a/samples/Kconfig
+++ b/samples/Kconfig
@@ -154,14 +154,14 @@ config SAMPLE_UHID
 
 config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MTTY
 	tristate "Build VFIO mtty example mediated device sample code -- loadable modules only"
-	depends on VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE && m
+	depends on VFIO_MDEV && m
 	help
 	  Build a virtual tty sample driver for use as a VFIO
 	  mediated device
 
 config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MDPY
 	tristate "Build VFIO mdpy example mediated device sample code -- loadable modules only"
-	depends on VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE && m
+	depends on VFIO_MDEV && m
 	help
 	  Build a virtual display sample driver for use as a VFIO
 	  mediated device.  It is a simple framebuffer and supports
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MDPY_FB
 
 config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MBOCHS
 	tristate "Build VFIO mdpy example mediated device sample code -- loadable modules only"
-	depends on VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE && m
+	depends on VFIO_MDEV && m
 	select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER
 	help
 	  Build a virtual display sample driver for use as a VFIO
