props.brightness = clamp_t(unsigned int, pdata->def_value, 0,
                                   props.max_brightness);
 
-       backlight = backlight_device_register(dev_name(&client->dev),
-                                             &lv->client->dev, lv,
-                                             &lv5207lp_backlight_ops, &props);
+       backlight = devm_backlight_device_register(&client->dev,
+                               dev_name(&client->dev), &lv->client->dev,
+                               lv, &lv5207lp_backlight_ops, &props);
        if (IS_ERR(backlight)) {
                dev_err(&client->dev, "failed to register backlight\n");
                return PTR_ERR(backlight);
 
        backlight->props.brightness = 0;
        backlight_update_status(backlight);
-       backlight_device_unregister(backlight);
 
        return 0;
 }