diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
index 7f59188cd9a111fdb89cd36a9ae0dfafb3d8cff6..9b639ede06daee6a79fcd089d6da27f8484da7ff 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/axonram.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 #define AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SIZE		1 << AXON_RAM_SECTOR_SHIFT
 #define AXON_RAM_IRQ_FLAGS		IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_TRIGGER_RISING
 
+static int azfs_major, azfs_minor;
+
 struct axon_ram_bank {
 	struct of_device	*device;
 	struct gendisk		*disk;
@@ -227,19 +229,14 @@ axon_ram_probe(struct of_device *device, const struct of_device_id *device_id)
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
-	bank->disk->first_minor = 0;
+	bank->disk->major = azfs_major;
+	bank->disk->first_minor = azfs_minor;
 	bank->disk->fops = &axon_ram_devops;
 	bank->disk->private_data = bank;
 	bank->disk->driverfs_dev = &device->dev;
 
 	sprintf(bank->disk->disk_name, "%s%d",
 			AXON_RAM_DEVICE_NAME, axon_ram_bank_id);
-	bank->disk->major = register_blkdev(0, bank->disk->disk_name);
-	if (bank->disk->major < 0) {
-		dev_err(&device->dev, "Cannot register block device\n");
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		goto failed;
-	}
 
 	bank->disk->queue = blk_alloc_queue(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (bank->disk->queue == NULL) {
@@ -276,6 +273,8 @@ axon_ram_probe(struct of_device *device, const struct of_device_id *device_id)
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
+	azfs_minor += bank->disk->minors;
+
 	return 0;
 
 failed:
@@ -310,7 +309,6 @@ axon_ram_remove(struct of_device *device)
 
 	device_remove_file(&device->dev, &dev_attr_ecc);
 	free_irq(bank->irq_id, device);
-	unregister_blkdev(bank->disk->major, bank->disk->disk_name);
 	del_gendisk(bank->disk);
 	iounmap((void __iomem *) bank->io_addr);
 	kfree(bank);
@@ -341,6 +339,14 @@ static struct of_platform_driver axon_ram_driver = {
 static int __init
 axon_ram_init(void)
 {
+	azfs_major = register_blkdev(azfs_major, AXON_RAM_DEVICE_NAME);
+	if (azfs_major < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "%s cannot become block device major number\n",
+				AXON_RAM_MODULE_NAME);
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+	azfs_minor = 0;
+
 	return of_register_platform_driver(&axon_ram_driver);
 }
 
@@ -351,6 +357,7 @@ static void __exit
 axon_ram_exit(void)
 {
 	of_unregister_platform_driver(&axon_ram_driver);
+	unregister_blkdev(azfs_major, AXON_RAM_DEVICE_NAME);
 }
 
 module_init(axon_ram_init);