diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-qspi.c
index 6a713f78a62e3..41a49b93ca60e 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-qspi.c
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ static int fsl_qspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ctlr->dev.of_node = np;
 
-	ret = spi_register_controller(ctlr);
+	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(dev, ctlr);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_destroy_mutex;