diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c
index d9aea9b6d9cd9189767e8ff074d1c78ffabf9ade..3a48a7eb3e9c55ad60793e26d7723a49398f5d49 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t86.c
@@ -266,13 +266,14 @@ static int m48t86_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	info->rtc->ops = &m48t86_rtc_ops;
 
 	m48t86_nvmem_cfg.priv = &pdev->dev;
-	info->rtc->nvmem_config = &m48t86_nvmem_cfg;
 	info->rtc->nvram_old_abi = true;
 
 	err = rtc_register_device(info->rtc);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	rtc_nvmem_register(info->rtc, &m48t86_nvmem_cfg);
+
 	/* read battery status */
 	reg = m48t86_readb(&pdev->dev, M48T86_D);
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "battery %s\n",