diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
index 22b14a68e35e..863412a02bdd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm90.c
@@ -1399,11 +1399,10 @@ static int lm90_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	struct lm90_data *data;
 	int err;
 
-	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct lm90_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto exit;
-	}
+	data = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(struct lm90_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	i2c_set_clientdata(client, data);
 	mutex_init(&data->update_lock);
 
@@ -1474,8 +1473,6 @@ static int lm90_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	lm90_remove_files(client, data);
 exit_restore:
 	lm90_restore_conf(client, data);
-	kfree(data);
-exit:
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1487,7 +1484,6 @@ static int lm90_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	lm90_remove_files(client, data);
 	lm90_restore_conf(client, data);
 
-	kfree(data);
 	return 0;
 }