diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c
index c6bee67decb5..d812a215ae5c 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-zynq-qspi.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static int zynq_qspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ctlr->setup = zynq_qspi_setup_op;
 	ctlr->max_speed_hz = clk_get_rate(xqspi->refclk) / 2;
 	ctlr->dev.of_node = np;
-	ret = spi_register_controller(ctlr);
+	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, ctlr);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "spi_register_master failed\n");
 		goto clk_dis_all;