diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-qspi.c
index aafe6cbf2aea..eab059fb0bc2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core-qspi.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ static int mchp_coreqspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	qspi = spi_controller_get_devdata(ctlr);
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, qspi);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ctlr);
 
 	qspi->regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(qspi->regs))
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static int mchp_coreqspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ctlr->num_chipselect = 2;
 	ctlr->use_gpio_descriptors = true;
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, ctlr);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(ctlr);
 	if (ret)
 		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
 				     "spi_register_controller failed\n");
@@ -742,9 +742,13 @@ static int mchp_coreqspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static void mchp_coreqspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct mchp_coreqspi *qspi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	u32 control = readl_relaxed(qspi->regs + REG_CONTROL);
+	struct spi_controller *ctlr = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct mchp_coreqspi *qspi = spi_controller_get_devdata(ctlr);
+	u32 control;
 
+	spi_unregister_controller(ctlr);
+
+	control = readl_relaxed(qspi->regs + REG_CONTROL);
 	mchp_coreqspi_disable_ints(qspi);
 	control &= ~CONTROL_ENABLE;
 	writel_relaxed(control, qspi->regs + REG_CONTROL);