diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.c
index 0497bbb8a8e7..9a085cbb9d18 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.c
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ static int sh_pfc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PINCTRL_SH_PFC_GPIO
 	sh_pfc_unregister_gpiochip(pfc);
 #endif
-	sh_pfc_unregister_pinctrl(pfc);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.h b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.h
index fc05d0c516f3..dc1b2adb24c5 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.h
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/core.h
@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ struct sh_pfc {
 	struct sh_pfc_chip *func;
 #endif
 
-	struct sh_pfc_pinctrl *pinctrl;
 };
 
 int sh_pfc_register_gpiochip(struct sh_pfc *pfc);
 int sh_pfc_unregister_gpiochip(struct sh_pfc *pfc);
 
 int sh_pfc_register_pinctrl(struct sh_pfc *pfc);
-int sh_pfc_unregister_pinctrl(struct sh_pfc *pfc);
 
 u32 sh_pfc_read_raw_reg(void __iomem *mapped_reg, unsigned int reg_width);
 void sh_pfc_write_raw_reg(void __iomem *mapped_reg, unsigned int reg_width,
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/pinctrl.c b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/pinctrl.c
index 8efaa0631be6..fdb445d68b9a 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/pinctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/pinctrl.c
@@ -789,7 +789,6 @@ int sh_pfc_register_pinctrl(struct sh_pfc *pfc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	pmx->pfc = pfc;
-	pfc->pinctrl = pmx;
 
 	ret = sh_pfc_map_pins(pfc, pmx);
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -803,19 +802,9 @@ int sh_pfc_register_pinctrl(struct sh_pfc *pfc)
 	pmx->pctl_desc.pins = pmx->pins;
 	pmx->pctl_desc.npins = pfc->info->nr_pins;
 
-	pmx->pctl = pinctrl_register(&pmx->pctl_desc, pfc->dev, pmx);
+	pmx->pctl = devm_pinctrl_register(pfc->dev, &pmx->pctl_desc, pmx);
 	if (IS_ERR(pmx->pctl))
 		return PTR_ERR(pmx->pctl);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-
-int sh_pfc_unregister_pinctrl(struct sh_pfc *pfc)
-{
-	struct sh_pfc_pinctrl *pmx = pfc->pinctrl;
-
-	pinctrl_unregister(pmx->pctl);
-
-	pfc->pinctrl = NULL;
-	return 0;
-}