ddata->irqs[i] = virq;
        }
 
-       ret = request_threaded_irq(ddata->irq, hi6421_spmi_irq_handler, NULL,
-                                  IRQF_TRIGGER_LOW | IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
-                                  "pmic", ddata);
+       ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(dev,
+                                       ddata->irq, hi6421_spmi_irq_handler,
+                                       NULL,
+                                       IRQF_TRIGGER_LOW | IRQF_SHARED | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
+                                       "pmic", ddata);
        if (ret < 0) {
                dev_err(dev, "Failed to start IRQ handling thread: error %d\n",
                        ret);
        return ret;
 }
 
-static void hi6421_spmi_pmic_remove(struct spmi_device *pdev)
-{
-       struct hi6421_spmi_pmic *ddata = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
-
-       free_irq(ddata->irq, ddata);
-}
-
 static const struct of_device_id pmic_spmi_id_table[] = {
        { .compatible = "hisilicon,hi6421-spmi" },
        { }
                .of_match_table = pmic_spmi_id_table,
        },
        .probe  = hi6421_spmi_pmic_probe,
-       .remove = hi6421_spmi_pmic_remove,
 };
 module_spmi_driver(hi6421_spmi_pmic_driver);