diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
index 16c1aaae9afa..53944bcc990c 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c
@@ -570,15 +570,10 @@ static int efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	err = sysfs_create_groups(&dev->dev.kobj, efifb_groups);
-	if (err) {
-		pr_err("efifb: cannot add sysfs attrs\n");
-		goto err_unmap;
-	}
 	err = fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 256, 0);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		pr_err("efifb: cannot allocate colormap\n");
-		goto err_groups;
+		goto err_unmap;
 	}
 
 	if (efifb_pci_dev)
@@ -597,8 +592,6 @@ err_put_rpm_ref:
 		pm_runtime_put(&efifb_pci_dev->dev);
 
 	fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
-err_groups:
-	sysfs_remove_groups(&dev->dev.kobj, efifb_groups);
 err_unmap:
 	if (mem_flags & (EFI_MEMORY_UC | EFI_MEMORY_WC))
 		iounmap(info->screen_base);
@@ -618,7 +611,6 @@ static int efifb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* efifb_destroy takes care of info cleanup */
 	unregister_framebuffer(info);
-	sysfs_remove_groups(&pdev->dev.kobj, efifb_groups);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -626,6 +618,7 @@ static int efifb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver efifb_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "efi-framebuffer",
+		.dev_groups = efifb_groups,
 	},
 	.probe = efifb_probe,
 	.remove = efifb_remove,