diff --git a/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c b/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c
index d304ee69287a..cf91abe07d38 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Author: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
  */
+#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -81,6 +82,13 @@ static struct attribute *realview_attrs[] = {
 
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(realview);
 
+static void realview_soc_socdev_release(void *data)
+{
+	struct soc_device *soc_dev = data;
+
+	soc_device_unregister(soc_dev);
+}
+
 static int realview_soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct regmap *syscon_regmap;
@@ -109,6 +117,11 @@ static int realview_soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(soc_dev))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(&pdev->dev, realview_soc_socdev_release,
+				       soc_dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = regmap_read(syscon_regmap, REALVIEW_SYS_ID_OFFSET,
 			  &realview_coreid);
 	if (ret)