diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
index 7026523f886c87a7697a1c2947038c489dd500dd..81875e96096ba0376ca87f2a915c8901784238c8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static int vsc9953_mdio_bus_alloc(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 	snprintf(bus->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s-imdio", dev_name(dev));
 
 	/* Needed in order to initialize the bus mutex lock */
-	rc = mdiobus_register(bus);
+	rc = devm_mdiobus_register(dev, bus);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register MDIO bus\n");
 		return rc;
@@ -1144,7 +1144,8 @@ static void vsc9953_mdio_bus_free(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 		mdio_device_free(pcs->mdio);
 		lynx_pcs_destroy(pcs);
 	}
-	mdiobus_unregister(felix->imdio);
+
+	 /* mdiobus_unregister and mdiobus_free handled by devres */
 }
 
 static void vsc9953_xmit_template_populate(struct ocelot *ocelot, int port)