diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
index dbcdef69f8f32d..3e1fa52d57bfcb 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627ehf.c
@@ -2004,7 +2004,8 @@ static int __devinit w83627ehf_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct w83627ehf_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct w83627ehf_data),
+			    GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto exit_release;
@@ -2493,9 +2494,8 @@ static int __devinit w83627ehf_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 exit_remove:
 	w83627ehf_device_remove_files(dev);
-	kfree(data);
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 exit_release:
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	release_region(res->start, IOREGION_LENGTH);
 exit:
 	return err;
@@ -2509,7 +2509,6 @@ static int __devexit w83627ehf_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	w83627ehf_device_remove_files(&pdev->dev);
 	release_region(data->addr, IOREGION_LENGTH);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-	kfree(data);
 
 	return 0;
 }