diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index 7243b88f81d8..69e0d90460e6 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
@@ -505,16 +505,10 @@ void edac_mc_free(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 {
 	edac_dbg(1, "\n");
 
-	/* If we're not yet registered with sysfs free only what was allocated
-	 * in edac_mc_alloc().
-	 */
-	if (!device_is_registered(&mci->dev)) {
-		_edac_mc_free(mci);
-		return;
-	}
+	if (device_is_registered(&mci->dev))
+		edac_unregister_sysfs(mci);
 
-	/* the mci instance is freed here, when the sysfs object is dropped */
-	edac_unregister_sysfs(mci);
+	_edac_mc_free(mci);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(edac_mc_free);
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index 0367554e7437..c70ec0a306d8 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -276,10 +276,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group *csrow_attr_groups[] = {
 
 static void csrow_attr_release(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct csrow_info *csrow = container_of(dev, struct csrow_info, dev);
-
-	edac_dbg(1, "device %s released\n", dev_name(dev));
-	kfree(csrow);
+	/* release device with _edac_mc_free() */
 }
 
 static const struct device_type csrow_attr_type = {
@@ -447,8 +444,7 @@ static int edac_create_csrow_objects(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 		csrow = mci->csrows[i];
 		if (!nr_pages_per_csrow(csrow))
 			continue;
-
-		device_del(&mci->csrows[i]->dev);
+		device_unregister(&mci->csrows[i]->dev);
 	}
 
 	return err;
@@ -608,10 +604,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group *dimm_attr_groups[] = {
 
 static void dimm_attr_release(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct dimm_info *dimm = container_of(dev, struct dimm_info, dev);
-
-	edac_dbg(1, "device %s released\n", dev_name(dev));
-	kfree(dimm);
+	/* release device with _edac_mc_free() */
 }
 
 static const struct device_type dimm_attr_type = {
@@ -893,10 +886,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group *mci_attr_groups[] = {
 
 static void mci_attr_release(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mci = container_of(dev, struct mem_ctl_info, dev);
-
-	edac_dbg(1, "device %s released\n", dev_name(dev));
-	kfree(mci);
+	/* release device with _edac_mc_free() */
 }
 
 static const struct device_type mci_attr_type = {