diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c b/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c
index f83cb63c9d0c..75b9af8cb5db 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static int lantiq_ssc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		"Lantiq SSC SPI controller (Rev %i, TXFS %u, RXFS %u, DMA %u)\n",
 		revision, spi->tx_fifo_size, spi->rx_fifo_size, supports_dma);
 
-	err = devm_spi_register_controller(dev, host);
+	err = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register spi host\n");
 		goto err_wq_destroy;
@@ -1016,6 +1016,10 @@ static void lantiq_ssc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct lantiq_ssc_spi *spi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	spi_controller_get(spi->host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(spi->host);
+
 	lantiq_ssc_writel(spi, 0, LTQ_SPI_IRNEN);
 	lantiq_ssc_writel(spi, 0, LTQ_SPI_CLC);
 	rx_fifo_flush(spi);
@@ -1024,6 +1028,8 @@ static void lantiq_ssc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	destroy_workqueue(spi->wq);
 	clk_put(spi->fpi_clk);
+
+	spi_controller_put(spi->host);
 }
 
 static struct platform_driver lantiq_ssc_driver = {