diff --git a/drivers/bus/omap-ocp2scp.c b/drivers/bus/omap-ocp2scp.c
index 5511f98..510bb9e 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/omap-ocp2scp.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/omap-ocp2scp.c
@@ -23,15 +23,6 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 
-static int ocp2scp_remove_devices(struct device *dev, void *c)
-{
-	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-
-	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int omap_ocp2scp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -51,7 +42,7 @@ static int omap_ocp2scp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 err0:
-	device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL, ocp2scp_remove_devices);
+	of_platform_unpopulate(&pdev->dev);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -59,7 +50,7 @@ static int omap_ocp2scp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static int omap_ocp2scp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
-	device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL, ocp2scp_remove_devices);
+	of_platform_unpopulate(&pdev->dev);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/exynos_adc.c b/drivers/iio/adc/exynos_adc.c
index 9809fc9..10248e1 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/exynos_adc.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/exynos_adc.c
@@ -216,15 +216,6 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec exynos_adc_iio_channels[] = {
 	ADC_CHANNEL(9, "adc9"),
 };
 
-static int exynos_adc_remove_devices(struct device *dev, void *c)
-{
-	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-
-	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void exynos_adc_hw_init(struct exynos_adc *info)
 {
 	u32 con1, con2;
@@ -357,8 +348,7 @@ static int exynos_adc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 err_of_populate:
-	device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL,
-				exynos_adc_remove_devices);
+	of_platform_unpopulate(&pdev->dev);
 	regulator_disable(info->vdd);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(info->clk);
 err_iio_dev:
@@ -375,8 +365,7 @@ static int exynos_adc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct exynos_adc *info = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 
-	device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL,
-				exynos_adc_remove_devices);
+	of_platform_unpopulate(&pdev->dev);
 	regulator_disable(info->vdd);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(info->clk);
 	writel(0, info->enable_reg);
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c
index 759fae3..bb26cea 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/omap-usb-host.c
@@ -832,13 +832,6 @@ static int usbhs_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int usbhs_omap_remove_child(struct device *dev, void *data)
-{
-	dev_info(dev, "unregistering
");
-	platform_device_unregister(to_platform_device(dev));
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /**
  * usbhs_omap_remove - shutdown processing for UHH & TLL HCDs
  * @pdev: USB Host Controller being removed
@@ -871,7 +864,7 @@ static int usbhs_omap_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 
 	/* remove children */
-	device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL, usbhs_omap_remove_child);
+	of_platform_unpopulate(&pdev->dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index e0a6514..9cbb0c3 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -473,4 +473,26 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
 	return rc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_platform_populate);
+
+static int of_remove_populated_child(struct device *dev, void *d)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+
+	of_device_unregister(pdev);
+	return 0;
+}
+/**
+ * of_platform_unpopulate() - Remove populated devices.
+ * @parent: parent of the populated devices.
+ *
+ * The reverse of of_platform_populate() and can only be used a parent was
+ * specified while invoking the former.
+ */
+void of_platform_unpopulate(struct device *parent)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON(!parent))
+		return;
+	device_for_each_child(parent, NULL, of_remove_populated_child);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_platform_unpopulate);
 #endif /* CONFIG_OF_ADDRESS */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-exynos.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-exynos.c
index 8ce9d7f..2bf5664 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-exynos.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-exynos.c
@@ -86,15 +86,6 @@ static int dwc3_exynos_register_phys(struct dwc3_exynos *exynos)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int dwc3_exynos_remove_child(struct device *dev, void *unused)
-{
-	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-
-	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int dwc3_exynos_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct dwc3_exynos	*exynos;
@@ -164,7 +155,7 @@ static int dwc3_exynos_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct dwc3_exynos	*exynos = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL, dwc3_exynos_remove_child);
+	of_platform_unpopulate(&pdev->dev);
 	platform_device_unregister(exynos->usb2_phy);
 	platform_device_unregister(exynos->usb3_phy);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-omap.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-omap.c
index 077f110..8688613 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-omap.c
@@ -327,15 +327,6 @@ static irqreturn_t dwc3_omap_interrupt(int irq, void *_omap)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
-static int dwc3_omap_remove_core(struct device *dev, void *c)
-{
-	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
-
-	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void dwc3_omap_enable_irqs(struct dwc3_omap *omap)
 {
 	u32			reg;
@@ -529,8 +520,7 @@ static int dwc3_omap_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dwc3_omap_disable_irqs(omap);
 	pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
-	device_for_each_child(&pdev->dev, NULL, dwc3_omap_remove_core);
-
+	of_platform_unpopulate(&pdev->dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/of_platform.h b/include/linux/of_platform.h
index 05cb4a9..e354f9c 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_platform.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_platform.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ extern int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
 				const struct of_device_id *matches,
 				const struct of_dev_auxdata *lookup,
 				struct device *parent);
+extern  void of_platform_unpopulate(struct device *parent);
 #else
 static inline int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
 					const struct of_device_id *matches,
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ static inline int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
 {
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
+static inline void of_platform_unpopulate(struct device *parent)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_OF_PLATFORM_H */
