diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c
index ec8ed30196f3b8bd8e0ecf670d35a80c93ad4639..9749dfd78c434992f4041effc3c9a7314bdace3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_core.c
@@ -2112,6 +2112,7 @@ static int netcp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static int netcp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct netcp_device *netcp_device = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct netcp_intf *netcp_intf, *netcp_tmp;
 	struct netcp_inst_modpriv *inst_modpriv, *tmp;
 	struct netcp_module *module;
 
@@ -2123,10 +2124,17 @@ static int netcp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		list_del(&inst_modpriv->inst_list);
 		kfree(inst_modpriv);
 	}
-	WARN(!list_empty(&netcp_device->interface_head), "%s interface list not empty!\n",
-	     pdev->name);
 
-	devm_kfree(&pdev->dev, netcp_device);
+	/* now that all modules are removed, clean up the interfaces */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(netcp_intf, netcp_tmp,
+				 &netcp_device->interface_head,
+				 interface_list) {
+		netcp_delete_interface(netcp_device, netcp_intf->ndev);
+	}
+
+	WARN(!list_empty(&netcp_device->interface_head),
+	     "%s interface list not empty!\n", pdev->name);
+
 	pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c
index a21881219865952d907f36df1f4013d1953d9539..1974a8ae764aba6cb81e039239df68e91a58585b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c
@@ -2508,10 +2508,9 @@ static void free_secondary_ports(struct gbe_priv *gbe_dev)
 {
 	struct gbe_slave *slave;
 
-	for (;;) {
+	while (!list_empty(&gbe_dev->secondary_slaves)) {
 		slave = first_sec_slave(gbe_dev);
-		if (!slave)
-			break;
+
 		if (slave->phy)
 			phy_disconnect(slave->phy);
 		list_del(&slave->slave_list);
@@ -2857,14 +2856,13 @@ static int gbe_probe(struct netcp_device *netcp_device, struct device *dev,
 				      &gbe_dev->dma_chan_name);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "missing \"tx-channel\" parameter\n");
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto quit;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(node->name, "gbe")) {
 		ret = get_gbe_resource_version(gbe_dev, node);
 		if (ret)
-			goto quit;
+			return ret;
 
 		dev_dbg(dev, "ss_version: 0x%08x\n", gbe_dev->ss_version);
 
@@ -2875,22 +2873,20 @@ static int gbe_probe(struct netcp_device *netcp_device, struct device *dev,
 		else
 			ret = -ENODEV;
 
-		if (ret)
-			goto quit;
 	} else if (!strcmp(node->name, "xgbe")) {
 		ret = set_xgbe_ethss10_priv(gbe_dev, node);
 		if (ret)
-			goto quit;
+			return ret;
 		ret = netcp_xgbe_serdes_init(gbe_dev->xgbe_serdes_regs,
 					     gbe_dev->ss_regs);
-		if (ret)
-			goto quit;
 	} else {
 		dev_err(dev, "unknown GBE node(%s)\n", node->name);
 		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto quit;
 	}
 
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	interfaces = of_get_child_by_name(node, "interfaces");
 	if (!interfaces)
 		dev_err(dev, "could not find interfaces\n");
@@ -2898,11 +2894,11 @@ static int gbe_probe(struct netcp_device *netcp_device, struct device *dev,
 	ret = netcp_txpipe_init(&gbe_dev->tx_pipe, netcp_device,
 				gbe_dev->dma_chan_name, gbe_dev->tx_queue_id);
 	if (ret)
-		goto quit;
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = netcp_txpipe_open(&gbe_dev->tx_pipe);
 	if (ret)
-		goto quit;
+		return ret;
 
 	/* Create network interfaces */
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&gbe_dev->gbe_intf_head);
@@ -2917,6 +2913,7 @@ static int gbe_probe(struct netcp_device *netcp_device, struct device *dev,
 		if (gbe_dev->num_slaves >= gbe_dev->max_num_slaves)
 			break;
 	}
+	of_node_put(interfaces);
 
 	if (!gbe_dev->num_slaves)
 		dev_warn(dev, "No network interface configured\n");
@@ -2929,9 +2926,10 @@ static int gbe_probe(struct netcp_device *netcp_device, struct device *dev,
 	of_node_put(secondary_ports);
 
 	if (!gbe_dev->num_slaves) {
-		dev_err(dev, "No network interface or secondary ports configured\n");
+		dev_err(dev,
+			"No network interface or secondary ports configured\n");
 		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto quit;
+		goto free_sec_ports;
 	}
 
 	memset(&ale_params, 0, sizeof(ale_params));
@@ -2945,7 +2943,7 @@ static int gbe_probe(struct netcp_device *netcp_device, struct device *dev,
 	if (!gbe_dev->ale) {
 		dev_err(gbe_dev->dev, "error initializing ale engine\n");
 		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto quit;
+		goto free_sec_ports;
 	} else {
 		dev_dbg(gbe_dev->dev, "Created a gbe ale engine\n");
 	}
@@ -2961,14 +2959,8 @@ static int gbe_probe(struct netcp_device *netcp_device, struct device *dev,
 	*inst_priv = gbe_dev;
 	return 0;
 
-quit:
-	if (gbe_dev->hw_stats)
-		devm_kfree(dev, gbe_dev->hw_stats);
-	cpsw_ale_destroy(gbe_dev->ale);
-	if (gbe_dev->ss_regs)
-		devm_iounmap(dev, gbe_dev->ss_regs);
-	of_node_put(interfaces);
-	devm_kfree(dev, gbe_dev);
+free_sec_ports:
+	free_secondary_ports(gbe_dev);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -3041,12 +3033,9 @@ static int gbe_remove(struct netcp_device *netcp_device, void *inst_priv)
 	free_secondary_ports(gbe_dev);
 
 	if (!list_empty(&gbe_dev->gbe_intf_head))
-		dev_alert(gbe_dev->dev, "unreleased ethss interfaces present\n");
+		dev_alert(gbe_dev->dev,
+			  "unreleased ethss interfaces present\n");
 
-	devm_kfree(gbe_dev->dev, gbe_dev->hw_stats);
-	devm_iounmap(gbe_dev->dev, gbe_dev->ss_regs);
-	memset(gbe_dev, 0x00, sizeof(*gbe_dev));
-	devm_kfree(gbe_dev->dev, gbe_dev);
 	return 0;
 }