diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ocelot.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ocelot.c
index 687aaa601555..3d5995cbcb78 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ocelot.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-ocelot.c
@@ -2047,6 +2047,11 @@ static struct regmap *ocelot_pinctrl_create_pincfg(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	return devm_regmap_init_mmio(&pdev->dev, base, &regmap_config);
 }
 
+static void ocelot_destroy_workqueue(void *data)
+{
+	destroy_workqueue(data);
+}
+
 static int ocelot_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	const struct ocelot_match_data *data;
@@ -2078,6 +2083,11 @@ static int ocelot_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!info->wq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, ocelot_destroy_workqueue,
+				       info->wq);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	info->pincfg_data = &data->pincfg_data;
 
 	reset = devm_reset_control_get_optional_shared(dev, "switch");
@@ -2119,15 +2129,6 @@ static int ocelot_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int ocelot_pinctrl_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	struct ocelot_pinctrl *info = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-
-	destroy_workqueue(info->wq);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static struct platform_driver ocelot_pinctrl_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "pinctrl-ocelot",
@@ -2135,7 +2136,6 @@ static struct platform_driver ocelot_pinctrl_driver = {
 		.suppress_bind_attrs = true,
 	},
 	.probe = ocelot_pinctrl_probe,
-	.remove = ocelot_pinctrl_remove,
 };
 module_platform_driver(ocelot_pinctrl_driver);