iores = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
        if (!iores) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can not get resource!\n");
-               return -EINVAL;
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto err_put_controller;
        }
 
        spmi_controller->base = devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, iores->start,
                                             resource_size(iores));
        if (!spmi_controller->base) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can not remap base addr!\n");
-               return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+               ret = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+               goto err_put_controller;
        }
 
        ret = of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "spmi-channel",
                                   &spmi_controller->channel);
        if (ret) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can not get channel\n");
-               return -ENODEV;
+               ret = -ENODEV;
+               goto err_put_controller;
        }
 
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, spmi_controller);
        ctrl->write_cmd = spmi_write_cmd;
 
        ret = spmi_controller_add(ctrl);
-       if (ret)
-               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "spmi_add_controller failed with error %d!\n", ret);
+       if (ret) {
+               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "spmi_controller_add failed with error %d!\n", ret);
+               goto err_put_controller;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
 
+err_put_controller:
+       spmi_controller_put(ctrl);
        return ret;
 }
 
        struct spmi_controller *ctrl = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
        spmi_controller_remove(ctrl);
-       kfree(ctrl);
+       spmi_controller_put(ctrl);
        return 0;
 }