diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c
index 6a62751..cba183e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7758_core.c
@@ -849,12 +849,11 @@
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct ade7758_state *st;
-	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = iio_device_alloc(sizeof(*st));
+	struct iio_dev *indio_dev;
 
-	if (indio_dev == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error_ret;
-	}
+	indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(*st));
+	if (!indio_dev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	st = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 	/* this is only used for removal purposes */
@@ -862,10 +861,8 @@
 
 	/* Allocate the comms buffers */
 	st->rx = kcalloc(ADE7758_MAX_RX, sizeof(*st->rx), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (st->rx == NULL) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error_free_dev;
-	}
+	if (!st->rx)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	st->tx = kcalloc(ADE7758_MAX_TX, sizeof(*st->tx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (st->tx == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -920,9 +917,6 @@
 	kfree(st->tx);
 error_free_rx:
 	kfree(st->rx);
-error_free_dev:
-	iio_device_free(indio_dev);
-error_ret:
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -939,8 +933,6 @@
 	kfree(st->tx);
 	kfree(st->rx);
 
-	iio_device_free(indio_dev);
-
 	return 0;
 }