diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ads1015.c b/drivers/hwmon/ads1015.c
index 1958f03efd7..2798246ad81 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ads1015.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ads1015.c
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ static int ads1015_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	hwmon_device_unregister(data->hwmon_dev);
 	for (k = 0; k < ADS1015_CHANNELS; ++k)
 		device_remove_file(&client->dev, &ads1015_in[k].dev_attr);
-	kfree(data);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -254,11 +253,10 @@ static int ads1015_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	int err;
 	unsigned int k;
 
-	data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ads1015_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto exit;
-	}
+	data = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(struct ads1015_data),
+			    GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	i2c_set_clientdata(client, data);
 	mutex_init(&data->update_lock);
@@ -284,8 +282,6 @@ static int ads1015_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 exit_remove:
 	for (k = 0; k < ADS1015_CHANNELS; ++k)
 		device_remove_file(&client->dev, &ads1015_in[k].dev_attr);
-	kfree(data);
-exit:
 	return err;
 }