diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc.h
index 90316dc58630..6bc56c7c181e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc.h
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ struct igc_adapter {
 
 	/* LEDs */
 	struct mutex led_mutex;
+	struct igc_led_classdev *leds;
 };
 
 void igc_up(struct igc_adapter *adapter);
@@ -723,6 +724,7 @@ void igc_ptp_read(struct igc_adapter *adapter, struct timespec64 *ts);
 void igc_ptp_tx_tstamp_event(struct igc_adapter *adapter);
 
 int igc_led_setup(struct igc_adapter *adapter);
+void igc_led_free(struct igc_adapter *adapter);
 
 #define igc_rx_pg_size(_ring) (PAGE_SIZE << igc_rx_pg_order(_ring))
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_leds.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_leds.c
index bf240c5daf86..3929b25b6ae6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_leds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_leds.c
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ static void igc_led_get_name(struct igc_adapter *adapter, int index, char *buf,
 		 pci_dev_id(adapter->pdev), index);
 }
 
-static void igc_setup_ldev(struct igc_led_classdev *ldev,
-			   struct net_device *netdev, int index)
+static int igc_setup_ldev(struct igc_led_classdev *ldev,
+			  struct net_device *netdev, int index)
 {
 	struct igc_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct led_classdev *led_cdev = &ldev->led;
@@ -257,24 +257,46 @@ static void igc_setup_ldev(struct igc_led_classdev *ldev,
 	led_cdev->hw_control_get = igc_led_hw_control_get;
 	led_cdev->hw_control_get_device = igc_led_hw_control_get_device;
 
-	devm_led_classdev_register(&netdev->dev, led_cdev);
+	return led_classdev_register(&netdev->dev, led_cdev);
 }
 
 int igc_led_setup(struct igc_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
-	struct device *dev = &netdev->dev;
 	struct igc_led_classdev *leds;
-	int i;
+	int i, err;
 
 	mutex_init(&adapter->led_mutex);
 
-	leds = devm_kcalloc(dev, IGC_NUM_LEDS, sizeof(*leds), GFP_KERNEL);
+	leds = kcalloc(IGC_NUM_LEDS, sizeof(*leds), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!leds)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < IGC_NUM_LEDS; i++)
-		igc_setup_ldev(leds + i, netdev, i);
+	for (i = 0; i < IGC_NUM_LEDS; i++) {
+		err = igc_setup_ldev(leds + i, netdev, i);
+		if (err)
+			goto err;
+	}
+
+	adapter->leds = leds;
 
 	return 0;
+
+err:
+	for (i--; i >= 0; i--)
+		led_classdev_unregister(&((leds + i)->led));
+
+	kfree(leds);
+	return err;
+}
+
+void igc_led_free(struct igc_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct igc_led_classdev *leds = adapter->leds;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < IGC_NUM_LEDS; i++)
+		led_classdev_unregister(&((leds + i)->led));
+
+	kfree(leds);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
index 35ad40a803cb..4d975d620a8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
@@ -7021,6 +7021,9 @@ static void igc_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	cancel_work_sync(&adapter->watchdog_task);
 	hrtimer_cancel(&adapter->hrtimer);
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IGC_LEDS))
+		igc_led_free(adapter);
+
 	/* Release control of h/w to f/w.  If f/w is AMT enabled, this
 	 * would have already happened in close and is redundant.
 	 */