diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-synquacer.c b/drivers/spi/spi-synquacer.c
index 7cb4301a6fb2..0986c728c0f2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-synquacer.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-synquacer.c
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static int synquacer_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_set_active(sspi->dev);
 	pm_runtime_enable(sspi->dev);
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(sspi->dev, host);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (ret)
 		goto disable_pm;
 
@@ -740,9 +740,15 @@ static void synquacer_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct synquacer_spi *sspi = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	pm_runtime_disable(sspi->dev);
 
 	clk_disable_unprepare(sspi->clk);
+
+	spi_controller_put(host);
 }
 
 static int __maybe_unused synquacer_spi_suspend(struct device *dev)