diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index 9f42036c5fbb..1f81569c7ae3 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -774,16 +774,6 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * imx_free_resources() - free memory used by this driver
- * @info: info driver instance
- */
-static void imx_free_resources(struct imx_pinctrl *ipctl)
-{
-	if (ipctl->pctl)
-		pinctrl_unregister(ipctl->pctl);
-}
-
 int imx_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		      const struct imx_pinctrl_soc_info *info)
 {
@@ -874,23 +864,18 @@ int imx_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 					     &ipctl->pctl);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not register IMX pinctrl driver\n");
-		goto free;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	ret = imx_pinctrl_probe_dt(pdev, ipctl);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "fail to probe dt properties\n");
-		goto free;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "initialized IMX pinctrl driver\n");
 
 	return pinctrl_enable(ipctl->pctl);
-
-free:
-	imx_free_resources(ipctl);
-
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static int __maybe_unused imx_pinctrl_suspend(struct device *dev)