diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/governor_passive.c b/drivers/devfreq/governor_passive.c
index 3bc29acbd54e85480d375514fd56e2878681fa96..22fd41b4c10983ef9d747dabef067f524b831781 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/governor_passive.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/governor_passive.c
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ static int devfreq_passive_event_handler(struct devfreq *devfreq,
 			p_data->this = devfreq;
 
 		nb->notifier_call = devfreq_passive_notifier_call;
-		ret = devm_devfreq_register_notifier(dev, parent, nb,
+		ret = devfreq_register_notifier(parent, nb,
 					DEVFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
 		break;
 	case DEVFREQ_GOV_STOP:
-		devm_devfreq_unregister_notifier(dev, parent, nb,
-					DEVFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
+		WARN_ON(devfreq_unregister_notifier(parent, nb,
+					DEVFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER));
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;