diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-bcmbca-hsspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-bcmbca-hsspi.c
index 2e22345115fd..09c1472ae4fa 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-bcmbca-hsspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-bcmbca-hsspi.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static int bcmbca_hsspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, ret, "couldn't register sysfs group\n");
 
 	/* register and we are done */
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(dev, host);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_sysgroup_disable;
 
@@ -556,6 +556,8 @@ static void bcmbca_hsspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct bcmbca_hsspi *bs = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	/* reset the hardware and block queue progress */
 	__raw_writel(0, bs->regs + HSSPI_INT_MASK_REG);
 	sysfs_remove_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &bcmbca_hsspi_group);