diff --git a/drivers/mfd/stm32-timers.c b/drivers/mfd/stm32-timers.c
index 2182f00db101..a6675a449409 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/stm32-timers.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/stm32-timers.c
@@ -58,14 +58,7 @@ static int stm32_timers_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ddata);
 
-	return of_platform_populate(pdev->dev.of_node, NULL, NULL, &pdev->dev);
-}
-
-static int stm32_timers_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	of_platform_depopulate(&pdev->dev);
-
-	return 0;
+	return devm_of_platform_populate(&pdev->dev);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id stm32_timers_of_match[] = {
@@ -76,7 +69,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, stm32_timers_of_match);
 
 static struct platform_driver stm32_timers_driver = {
 	.probe = stm32_timers_probe,
-	.remove = stm32_timers_remove,
 	.driver	= {
 		.name = "stm32-timers",
 		.of_match_table = stm32_timers_of_match,