switch (plat->devmode) {
        case SIMATIC_IPC_DEVICE_227E:
-               if (!devm_request_region(dev, gp_status_reg_227e_res.start,
-                                        resource_size(&gp_status_reg_227e_res),
-                                        KBUILD_MODNAME)) {
+               res = &gp_status_reg_227e_res;
+               if (!request_muxed_region(res->start, resource_size(res), res->name)) {
                        dev_err(dev,
                                "Unable to register IO resource at %pR\n",
                                &gp_status_reg_227e_res);
        if (wdd_data.bootstatus)
                dev_warn(dev, "last reboot caused by watchdog reset\n");
 
+       if (plat->devmode == SIMATIC_IPC_DEVICE_227E)
+               release_region(gp_status_reg_227e_res.start,
+                              resource_size(&gp_status_reg_227e_res));
+
        watchdog_set_nowayout(&wdd_data, nowayout);
        watchdog_stop_on_reboot(&wdd_data);
        return devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, &wdd_data);