diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pxa.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pxa.c
index d2f1d8f754bf3..cf8119b6d3204 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pxa.c
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ static int __init pxa_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (sa1100_rtc->irq_alarm < 0)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
+	sa1100_rtc->rtc = devm_rtc_allocate_device(&pdev->dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(sa1100_rtc->rtc))
+		return PTR_ERR(sa1100_rtc->rtc);
+
 	pxa_rtc->base = devm_ioremap(dev, pxa_rtc->ress->start,
 				resource_size(pxa_rtc->ress));
 	if (!pxa_rtc->base) {