diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c
index f0f6f6601785..cf09cb625a7b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8960.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ static __devinit int wm8960_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	if (wm8960 == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	wm8960->regmap = regmap_init_i2c(i2c, &wm8960_regmap);
+	wm8960->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(i2c, &wm8960_regmap);
 	if (IS_ERR(wm8960->regmap))
 		return PTR_ERR(wm8960->regmap);