diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_gsbi.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_gsbi.c
index 447458e696a98..7e1f120f2b323 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_gsbi.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_gsbi.c
@@ -22,44 +22,63 @@
 #define GSBI_CTRL_REG		0x0000
 #define GSBI_PROTOCOL_SHIFT	4
 
+struct gsbi_info {
+	struct clk *hclk;
+	u32 mode;
+	u32 crci;
+};
+
 static int gsbi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device_node *node = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct resource *res;
 	void __iomem *base;
-	struct clk *hclk;
-	u32 mode, crci = 0;
+	struct gsbi_info *gsbi;
+
+	gsbi = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*gsbi), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!gsbi)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(base))
 		return PTR_ERR(base);
 
-	if (of_property_read_u32(node, "qcom,mode", &mode)) {
+	if (of_property_read_u32(node, "qcom,mode", &gsbi->mode)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "missing mode configuration\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	/* not required, so default to 0 if not present */
-	of_property_read_u32(node, "qcom,crci", &crci);
+	of_property_read_u32(node, "qcom,crci", &gsbi->crci);
 
-	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "GSBI port protocol: %d crci: %d\n", mode, crci);
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "GSBI port protocol: %d crci: %d\n",
+		 gsbi->mode, gsbi->crci);
+	gsbi->hclk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "iface");
+	if (IS_ERR(gsbi->hclk))
+		return PTR_ERR(gsbi->hclk);
 
-	hclk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "iface");
-	if (IS_ERR(hclk))
-		return PTR_ERR(hclk);
+	clk_prepare_enable(gsbi->hclk);
 
-	clk_prepare_enable(hclk);
-
-	writel_relaxed((mode << GSBI_PROTOCOL_SHIFT) | crci,
+	writel_relaxed((gsbi->mode << GSBI_PROTOCOL_SHIFT) | gsbi->crci,
 				base + GSBI_CTRL_REG);
 
 	/* make sure the gsbi control write is not reordered */
 	wmb();
 
-	clk_disable_unprepare(hclk);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, gsbi);
+
+	return of_platform_populate(node, NULL, NULL, &pdev->dev);
+}
+
+static int gsbi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct gsbi_info *gsbi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	clk_disable_unprepare(gsbi->hclk);
 
-	return of_platform_populate(pdev->dev.of_node, NULL, NULL, &pdev->dev);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id gsbi_dt_match[] = {
@@ -76,6 +95,7 @@ static struct platform_driver gsbi_driver = {
 		.of_match_table	= gsbi_dt_match,
 	},
 	.probe = gsbi_probe,
+	.remove	= gsbi_remove,
 };
 
 module_platform_driver(gsbi_driver);