pdev->dev.platform_data = ep93xx_rtc;
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ep93xx_rtc);
 
-       ep93xx_rtc->rtc = rtc_device_register(pdev->name,
-                               &pdev->dev, &ep93xx_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
+       ep93xx_rtc->rtc = devm_rtc_device_register(&pdev->dev,
+                               pdev->name, &ep93xx_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
        if (IS_ERR(ep93xx_rtc->rtc)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(ep93xx_rtc->rtc);
                goto exit;
 
        err = sysfs_create_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &ep93xx_rtc_sysfs_files);
        if (err)
-               goto fail;
+               goto exit;
 
        return 0;
 
-fail:
-       rtc_device_unregister(ep93xx_rtc->rtc);
 exit:
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
        pdev->dev.platform_data = NULL;
 
 static int ep93xx_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-       struct ep93xx_rtc *ep93xx_rtc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-
        sysfs_remove_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &ep93xx_rtc_sysfs_files);
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-       rtc_device_unregister(ep93xx_rtc->rtc);
        pdev->dev.platform_data = NULL;
 
        return 0;