diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
index 7daa15df74a5..7b2ee35b5ffd 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ static const struct watchdog_ops davinci_wdt_ops = {
 	.restart	= davinci_wdt_restart,
 };
 
+static void davinci_clk_disable_unprepare(void *data)
+{
+	clk_disable_unprepare(data);
+}
+
 static int davinci_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -206,15 +211,19 @@ static int davinci_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (IS_ERR(davinci_wdt->clk)) {
 		if (PTR_ERR(davinci_wdt->clk) != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get clock node\n");
+			dev_err(dev, "failed to get clock node\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(davinci_wdt->clk);
 	}
 
 	ret = clk_prepare_enable(davinci_wdt->clk);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to prepare clock\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to prepare clock\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
+	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, davinci_clk_disable_unprepare,
+				       davinci_wdt->clk);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, davinci_wdt);
 
@@ -224,7 +233,7 @@ static int davinci_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	wdd->min_timeout	= 1;
 	wdd->max_timeout	= MAX_HEARTBEAT;
 	wdd->timeout		= DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT;
-	wdd->parent		= &pdev->dev;
+	wdd->parent		= dev;
 
 	watchdog_init_timeout(wdd, heartbeat, dev);
 
@@ -235,32 +244,15 @@ static int davinci_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	watchdog_set_restart_priority(wdd, 128);
 
 	davinci_wdt->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
-	if (IS_ERR(davinci_wdt->base)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(davinci_wdt->base);
-		goto err_clk_disable;
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(davinci_wdt->base))
+		return PTR_ERR(davinci_wdt->base);
 
-	ret = watchdog_register_device(wdd);
+	ret = devm_watchdog_register_device(dev, wdd);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "cannot register watchdog device\n");
-		goto err_clk_disable;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
-
-err_clk_disable:
-	clk_disable_unprepare(davinci_wdt->clk);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static int davinci_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	struct davinci_wdt_device *davinci_wdt = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-
-	watchdog_unregister_device(&davinci_wdt->wdd);
-	clk_disable_unprepare(davinci_wdt->clk);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -276,7 +268,6 @@ static struct platform_driver platform_wdt_driver = {
 		.of_match_table = davinci_wdt_of_match,
 	},
 	.probe = davinci_wdt_probe,
-	.remove = davinci_wdt_remove,
 };
 
 module_platform_driver(platform_wdt_driver);