diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c
index 71eee39520f0..7aa2c5ea0de4 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-snvs.c
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ static int snvs_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	data->rtc = devm_rtc_allocate_device(&pdev->dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(data->rtc))
+		return PTR_ERR(data->rtc);
+
 	data->regmap = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "regmap");
 
 	if (IS_ERR(data->regmap)) {
@@ -342,10 +346,9 @@ static int snvs_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto error_rtc_device_register;
 	}
 
-	data->rtc = devm_rtc_device_register(&pdev->dev, pdev->name,
-					&snvs_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
-	if (IS_ERR(data->rtc)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(data->rtc);
+	data->rtc->ops = &snvs_rtc_ops;
+	ret = rtc_register_device(data->rtc);
+	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register rtc: %d\n", ret);
 		goto error_rtc_device_register;
 	}