diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c
index aae2576741a61585a9624217fa2a6cd1d26510e1..c10132d8cf2e3cb2a7f62504b1ad66baae7ff4cb 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-rv8803.c
@@ -591,12 +591,13 @@ static int rv8803_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	rv8803->nvmem_cfg.priv = client;
 
 	rv8803->rtc->ops = &rv8803_rtc_ops;
-	rv8803->rtc->nvmem_config = &rv8803->nvmem_cfg;
 	rv8803->rtc->nvram_old_abi = true;
 	err = rtc_register_device(rv8803->rtc);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	rtc_nvmem_register(rv8803->rtc, &rv8803->nvmem_cfg);
+
 	err = rv8803_write_reg(rv8803->client, RV8803_EXT, RV8803_EXT_WADA);
 	if (err)
 		return err;