diff --git a/drivers/regulator/max77686.c b/drivers/regulator/max77686.c
index f563057e5690..de5b30ea823c 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/max77686.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/max77686.c
@@ -478,31 +478,16 @@ static int max77686_pmic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		config.of_node = pdata->regulators[i].of_node;
 
 		max77686->opmode[i] = regulators[i].enable_mask;
-		max77686->rdev[i] = regulator_register(&regulators[i], &config);
+		max77686->rdev[i] = devm_regulator_register(&pdev->dev,
+						&regulators[i], &config);
 		if (IS_ERR(max77686->rdev[i])) {
-			ret = PTR_ERR(max77686->rdev[i]);
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 				"regulator init failed for %d\n", i);
 			max77686->rdev[i] = NULL;
-			goto err;
+			return PTR_ERR(max77686->rdev[i]);
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
-err:
-	while (--i >= 0)
-		regulator_unregister(max77686->rdev[i]);
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int max77686_pmic_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	struct max77686_data *max77686 = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX77686_REGULATORS; i++)
-		regulator_unregister(max77686->rdev[i]);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -518,7 +503,6 @@ static struct platform_driver max77686_pmic_driver = {
 		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe = max77686_pmic_probe,
-	.remove = max77686_pmic_remove,
 	.id_table = max77686_pmic_id,
 };