ch->vpifparams.iface = chan_cfg->vpif_if;
 
        /* update tvnorms from the sub device input info */
-       ch->video_dev->tvnorms = chan_cfg->inputs[index].input.std;
+       ch->video_dev.tvnorms = chan_cfg->inputs[index].input.std;
        return 0;
 }
 
        struct video_device *vdev;
        struct channel_obj *ch;
        struct vb2_queue *q;
-       int i, j, err, k;
+       int j, err, k;
 
        for (j = 0; j < VPIF_CAPTURE_MAX_DEVICES; j++) {
                ch = vpif_obj.dev[j];
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&common->dma_queue);
 
                /* Initialize the video_device structure */
-               vdev = ch->video_dev;
+               vdev = &ch->video_dev;
                strlcpy(vdev->name, VPIF_DRIVER_NAME, sizeof(vdev->name));
-               vdev->release = video_device_release;
+               vdev->release = video_device_release_empty;
                vdev->fops = &vpif_fops;
                vdev->ioctl_ops = &vpif_ioctl_ops;
                vdev->v4l2_dev = &vpif_obj.v4l2_dev;
                vdev->vfl_dir = VFL_DIR_RX;
                vdev->queue = q;
                vdev->lock = &common->lock;
-               video_set_drvdata(ch->video_dev, ch);
+               video_set_drvdata(&ch->video_dev, ch);
                err = video_register_device(vdev,
                                            VFL_TYPE_GRABBER, (j ? 1 : 0));
                if (err)
                common = &ch->common[k];
                vb2_dma_contig_cleanup_ctx(common->alloc_ctx);
                /* Unregister video device */
-               video_unregister_device(ch->video_dev);
+               video_unregister_device(&ch->video_dev);
        }
        kfree(vpif_obj.sd);
-       for (i = 0; i < VPIF_CAPTURE_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
-               ch = vpif_obj.dev[i];
-               /* Note: does nothing if ch->video_dev == NULL */
-               video_device_release(ch->video_dev);
-       }
        v4l2_device_unregister(&vpif_obj.v4l2_dev);
 
        return err;
 static __init int vpif_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
        struct vpif_subdev_info *subdevdata;
-       int i, j, err;
-       int res_idx = 0;
        struct i2c_adapter *i2c_adap;
-       struct channel_obj *ch;
-       struct video_device *vfd;
        struct resource *res;
        int subdev_count;
+       int res_idx = 0;
+       int i, err;
 
        vpif_dev = &pdev->dev;
 
                res_idx++;
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < VPIF_CAPTURE_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
-               /* Get the pointer to the channel object */
-               ch = vpif_obj.dev[i];
-               /* Allocate memory for video device */
-               vfd = video_device_alloc();
-               if (NULL == vfd) {
-                       for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
-                               ch = vpif_obj.dev[j];
-                               video_device_release(ch->video_dev);
-                       }
-                       err = -ENOMEM;
-                       goto vpif_unregister;
-               }
-
-               /* Set video_dev to the video device */
-               ch->video_dev = vfd;
-       }
-
        vpif_obj.config = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 
        subdev_count = vpif_obj.config->subdev_count;
        if (vpif_obj.sd == NULL) {
                vpif_err("unable to allocate memory for subdevice pointers\n");
                err = -ENOMEM;
-               goto vpif_sd_error;
+               goto vpif_unregister;
        }
 
        if (!vpif_obj.config->asd_sizes) {
 probe_subdev_out:
        /* free sub devices memory */
        kfree(vpif_obj.sd);
-
-vpif_sd_error:
-       for (i = 0; i < VPIF_CAPTURE_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
-               ch = vpif_obj.dev[i];
-               /* Note: does nothing if ch->video_dev == NULL */
-               video_device_release(ch->video_dev);
-       }
 vpif_unregister:
        v4l2_device_unregister(&vpif_obj.v4l2_dev);
 
                common = &ch->common[VPIF_VIDEO_INDEX];
                vb2_dma_contig_cleanup_ctx(common->alloc_ctx);
                /* Unregister video device */
-               video_unregister_device(ch->video_dev);
+               video_unregister_device(&ch->video_dev);
                kfree(vpif_obj.dev[i]);
        }
        return 0;