diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c b/drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c
index b96e55f59d1a..bdf0aa4ceb1d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-axi-spi-engine.c
@@ -473,15 +473,11 @@ static int spi_engine_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (irq < 0)
 		return irq;
 
-	spi_engine = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*spi_engine), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!spi_engine)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	host = spi_alloc_host(&pdev->dev, 0);
+	host = spi_alloc_host(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*spi_engine));
 	if (!host)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	spi_controller_set_devdata(host, spi_engine);
+	spi_engine = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&spi_engine->lock);