diff --git a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_dev.c b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_dev.c
index 8f9d6964173ec7852072022f597e45ac5ca5d88d..b99a194ce5a4a2926d8eda42e610c64ab34c5edb 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_dev.c
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ static const struct file_operations fops = {
 #endif
 };
 
+static void cros_ec_class_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	kfree(to_cros_ec_dev(dev));
+}
+
 static void cros_ec_sensors_register(struct cros_ec_dev *ec)
 {
 	/*
@@ -395,7 +400,7 @@ static int ec_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int retval = -ENOMEM;
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct cros_ec_platform *ec_platform = dev_get_platdata(dev);
-	struct cros_ec_dev *ec = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*ec), GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct cros_ec_dev *ec = kzalloc(sizeof(*ec), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!ec)
 		return retval;
@@ -417,6 +422,7 @@ static int ec_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ec->class_dev.devt = MKDEV(ec_major, pdev->id);
 	ec->class_dev.class = &cros_class;
 	ec->class_dev.parent = dev;
+	ec->class_dev.release = cros_ec_class_release;
 
 	retval = dev_set_name(&ec->class_dev, "%s", ec_platform->ec_name);
 	if (retval) {