diff --git a/drivers/counter/intel-qep.c b/drivers/counter/intel-qep.c
index 9c6536f75afd..3181da47e9d4 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/intel-qep.c
+++ b/drivers/counter/intel-qep.c
@@ -400,7 +400,9 @@ static int intel_qep_probe(struct pci_dev *pci, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 	qep->dev = dev;
 	qep->regs = regs;
-	mutex_init(&qep->lock);
+	ret = devm_mutex_init(dev, &qep->lock);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	intel_qep_init(qep);
 	pci_set_drvdata(pci, qep);