diff --git a/drivers/pwm/core.c b/drivers/pwm/core.c
index 8c9200a0df5e..3998ebd51db4 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/core.c
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ void pwm_put(struct pwm_device *pwm)
 	if (pwm->chip->ops->free)
 		pwm->chip->ops->free(pwm->chip, pwm);
 
+	pwm_set_chip_data(pwm, NULL);
 	pwm->label = NULL;
 
 	module_put(pwm->chip->ops->owner);
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-berlin.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-berlin.c
index 7c8d6a168ceb..b91c477cc84b 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-berlin.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-berlin.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ static void berlin_pwm_free(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm)
 {
 	struct berlin_pwm_channel *channel = pwm_get_chip_data(pwm);
 
-	pwm_set_chip_data(pwm, NULL);
 	kfree(channel);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-pca9685.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-pca9685.c
index a7eaf962a95b..567f5e2771c4 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-pca9685.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-pca9685.c
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ static void pca9685_pwm_gpio_free(struct gpio_chip *gpio, unsigned int offset)
 	pm_runtime_put(pca->chip.dev);
 	mutex_lock(&pca->lock);
 	pwm = &pca->chip.pwms[offset];
-	pwm_set_chip_data(pwm, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&pca->lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c
index 062f2cfc45ec..3762432dd6a7 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-samsung.c
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ static int pwm_samsung_request(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm)
 static void pwm_samsung_free(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm)
 {
 	devm_kfree(chip->dev, pwm_get_chip_data(pwm));
-	pwm_set_chip_data(pwm, NULL);
 }
 
 static int pwm_samsung_enable(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm)