diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c
index 665eab1d3409..1eadcf5d1ad6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sunxi.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int sun7i_gmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	plat_dat->tx_fifo_size = 4096;
 	plat_dat->rx_fifo_size = 16384;
 
-	return stmmac_pltfr_probe(pdev, plat_dat, &stmmac_res);
+	return devm_stmmac_pltfr_probe(pdev, plat_dat, &stmmac_res);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id sun7i_dwmac_match[] = {
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sun7i_dwmac_match);
 
 static struct platform_driver sun7i_dwmac_driver = {
 	.probe  = sun7i_gmac_probe,
-	.remove = stmmac_pltfr_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name           = "sun7i-dwmac",
 		.pm		= &stmmac_pltfr_pm_ops,