diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
index 7e4a6f65cb91433293d9b097a9323354fad1a263..af5e97e3f2724d0204d3f065f69061e1cf0447bd 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stk17ta8.c
@@ -336,14 +336,13 @@ static int stk17ta8_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	pdata->rtc = rtc_device_register(pdev->name, &pdev->dev,
+	pdata->rtc = devm_rtc_device_register(&pdev->dev, pdev->name,
 				  &stk17ta8_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
 	if (IS_ERR(pdata->rtc))
 		return PTR_ERR(pdata->rtc);
 
 	ret = sysfs_create_bin_file(&pdev->dev.kobj, &stk17ta8_nvram_attr);
-	if (ret)
-		rtc_device_unregister(pdata->rtc);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@ static int stk17ta8_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct rtc_plat_data *pdata = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	sysfs_remove_bin_file(&pdev->dev.kobj, &stk17ta8_nvram_attr);
-	rtc_device_unregister(pdata->rtc);
 	if (pdata->irq > 0)
 		writeb(0, pdata->ioaddr + RTC_INTERRUPTS);
 	return 0;