diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
index 6e9ddcd03992..cb18a11a3c76 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1374.c
@@ -620,6 +620,10 @@ static int ds1374_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	if (!ds1374)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	ds1374->rtc = devm_rtc_allocate_device(&client->dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(ds1374->rtc))
+		return PTR_ERR(ds1374->rtc);
+
 	ds1374->client = client;
 	i2c_set_clientdata(client, ds1374);
 
@@ -641,12 +645,11 @@ static int ds1374_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 		device_set_wakeup_capable(&client->dev, 1);
 	}
 
-	ds1374->rtc = devm_rtc_device_register(&client->dev, client->name,
-						&ds1374_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
-	if (IS_ERR(ds1374->rtc)) {
-		dev_err(&client->dev, "unable to register the class device\n");
-		return PTR_ERR(ds1374->rtc);
-	}
+	ds1374->rtc->ops = &ds1374_rtc_ops;
+
+	ret = rtc_register_device(ds1374->rtc);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_DRV_DS1374_WDT
 	save_client = client;