diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c
index 93eea65f4cf920f356ad2a565ab27756196fe6b5..187d1c283c1ddcdb2a1ad06554fffdcdf3e54f4e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c
@@ -313,8 +313,9 @@ static int lm3533_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
 	props.max_brightness = LM3533_BL_MAX_BRIGHTNESS;
 	props.brightness = pdata->default_brightness;
-	bd = backlight_device_register(pdata->name, pdev->dev.parent, bl,
-						&lm3533_bl_ops, &props);
+	bd = devm_backlight_device_register(&pdev->dev, pdata->name,
+					pdev->dev.parent, bl, &lm3533_bl_ops,
+					&props);
 	if (IS_ERR(bd)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register backlight device\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(bd);
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ static int lm3533_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = sysfs_create_group(&bd->dev.kobj, &lm3533_bl_attribute_group);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to create sysfs attributes\n");
-		goto err_unregister;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	backlight_update_status(bd);
@@ -345,8 +346,6 @@ static int lm3533_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 err_sysfs_remove:
 	sysfs_remove_group(&bd->dev.kobj, &lm3533_bl_attribute_group);
-err_unregister:
-	backlight_device_unregister(bd);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -363,7 +362,6 @@ static int lm3533_bl_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	lm3533_ctrlbank_disable(&bl->cb);
 	sysfs_remove_group(&bd->dev.kobj, &lm3533_bl_attribute_group);
-	backlight_device_unregister(bd);
 
 	return 0;
 }