diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
index de9f7c97d916..796ee362ad70 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cirrus/ep93xx_eth.c
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ static int ep93xx_eth_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct ep93xx_priv *ep;
+	struct resource *mem;
 
 	dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	if (dev == NULL)
@@ -791,8 +792,8 @@ static int ep93xx_eth_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		iounmap(ep->base_addr);
 
 	if (ep->res != NULL) {
-		release_resource(ep->res);
-		kfree(ep->res);
+		mem = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
+		release_mem_region(mem->start, resource_size(mem));
 	}
 
 	free_netdev(dev);