diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-davinci.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-davinci.c
index fd95316..07cd03ea 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-davinci.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@
 	struct resource *res, *mem;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	davinci_rtc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct davinci_rtc), GFP_KERNEL);
+	davinci_rtc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct davinci_rtc), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!davinci_rtc) {
 		dev_dbg(dev, "could not allocate memory for private data\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -494,15 +494,13 @@
 	davinci_rtc->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (davinci_rtc->irq < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "no RTC irq\n");
-		ret = davinci_rtc->irq;
-		goto fail1;
+		return davinci_rtc->irq;
 	}
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (!res) {
 		dev_err(dev, "no mem resource\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail1;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	davinci_rtc->pbase = res->start;
@@ -513,8 +511,7 @@
 	if (!mem) {
 		dev_err(dev, "RTC registers at %08x are not free\n",
 			davinci_rtc->pbase);
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto fail1;
+		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	davinci_rtc->base = ioremap(davinci_rtc->pbase, davinci_rtc->base_size);
@@ -567,9 +564,6 @@
 	iounmap(davinci_rtc->base);
 fail2:
 	release_mem_region(davinci_rtc->pbase, davinci_rtc->base_size);
-fail1:
-	kfree(davinci_rtc);
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -590,8 +584,6 @@
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 
-	kfree(davinci_rtc);
-
 	return 0;
 }