diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-zynqmp-gqspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-zynqmp-gqspi.c
index 502fd5eccc83..f9a1427dabad 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-zynqmp-gqspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-zynqmp-gqspi.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ static int zynqmp_qspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ctlr->dev.of_node = np;
 	ctlr->auto_runtime_pm = true;
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, ctlr);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(ctlr);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "spi_register_controller failed\n");
 		goto clk_dis_all;
@@ -1362,6 +1362,8 @@ static void zynqmp_qspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
 
+	spi_unregister_controller(xqspi->ctlr);
+
 	zynqmp_gqspi_write(xqspi, GQSPI_EN_OFST, 0x0);
 
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);