diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c
index fdb22c2e10858..d574e8cb6d7cd 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mpc8xxx.c
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static int mpc8xxx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	    is_acpi_node(fwnode))
 		gc->write_reg(mpc8xxx_gc->regs + GPIO_IBE, 0xffffffff);
 
-	ret = gpiochip_add_data(gc, mpc8xxx_gc);
+	ret = devm_gpiochip_add_data(&pdev->dev, gc, mpc8xxx_gc);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 			"GPIO chip registration failed with status %d\n", ret);
@@ -429,8 +429,6 @@ static int mpc8xxx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		irq_domain_remove(mpc8xxx_gc->irq);
 	}
 
-	gpiochip_remove(&mpc8xxx_gc->gc);
-
 	return 0;
 }