diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst
index 198aadafd3e7d353423fb92f2ca4b4edbb373a2c..da08605a3a11f05a4e1c893a37a3189cc1072530 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/fpga/fpga-bridge.rst
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ API to implement a new FPGA bridge
 
 * struct fpga_bridge — The FPGA Bridge structure
 * struct fpga_bridge_ops — Low level Bridge driver ops
-* devm_fpga_bridge_create() — Allocate and init a bridge struct
-* fpga_bridge_register() — Register a bridge
+* __fpga_bridge_register() — Create and register a bridge
 * fpga_bridge_unregister() — Unregister a bridge
 
+The helper macro ``fpga_bridge_register()`` automatically sets
+the module that registers the FPGA bridge as the owner.
+
 .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h
    :functions: fpga_bridge
 
@@ -17,10 +19,7 @@ API to implement a new FPGA bridge
    :functions: fpga_bridge_ops
 
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
-   :functions: devm_fpga_bridge_create
-
-.. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
-   :functions: fpga_bridge_register
+   :functions: __fpga_bridge_register
 
 .. kernel-doc:: drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
    :functions: fpga_bridge_unregister
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/altera-fpga2sdram.c b/drivers/fpga/altera-fpga2sdram.c
index a78e49c63c640d3fb8313d6015bd6af9f0607e80..ff3a646fd9e32fab30acef6a4a4e373c85a7c697 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/altera-fpga2sdram.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/altera-fpga2sdram.c
@@ -121,17 +121,13 @@ static int alt_fpga_bridge_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Get f2s bridge configuration saved in handoff register */
 	regmap_read(sysmgr, SYSMGR_ISWGRP_HANDOFF3, &priv->mask);
 
-	br = devm_fpga_bridge_create(dev, F2S_BRIDGE_NAME,
-				     &altera_fpga2sdram_br_ops, priv);
-	if (!br)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	br = fpga_bridge_register(dev, F2S_BRIDGE_NAME,
+				  &altera_fpga2sdram_br_ops, priv);
+	if (IS_ERR(br))
+		return PTR_ERR(br);
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, br);
 
-	ret = fpga_bridge_register(br);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	dev_info(dev, "driver initialized with handoff %08x\n", priv->mask);
 
 	if (!of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "bridge-enable", &enable)) {
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/altera-freeze-bridge.c b/drivers/fpga/altera-freeze-bridge.c
index dd58c4aea92ea6c7c33ea70c628d1642c28d4df7..bfbfa43cd05bc2496cfeff0a37e94f892e577c9c 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/altera-freeze-bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/altera-freeze-bridge.c
@@ -244,14 +244,14 @@ static int altera_freeze_br_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	priv->base_addr = base_addr;
 
-	br = devm_fpga_bridge_create(dev, FREEZE_BRIDGE_NAME,
-				     &altera_freeze_br_br_ops, priv);
-	if (!br)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	br = fpga_bridge_register(dev, FREEZE_BRIDGE_NAME,
+				  &altera_freeze_br_br_ops, priv);
+	if (IS_ERR(br))
+		return PTR_ERR(br);
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, br);
 
-	return fpga_bridge_register(br);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int altera_freeze_br_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/altera-hps2fpga.c b/drivers/fpga/altera-hps2fpga.c
index 77b95f2518216863bdba6c80c38e329c51912cc5..aa758426c22bcd5fec39dc9c31c8b2991a043dee 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/altera-hps2fpga.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/altera-hps2fpga.c
@@ -180,19 +180,15 @@ static int alt_fpga_bridge_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	br = devm_fpga_bridge_create(dev, priv->name,
-				     &altera_hps2fpga_br_ops, priv);
-	if (!br) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	br = fpga_bridge_register(dev, priv->name,
+				  &altera_hps2fpga_br_ops, priv);
+	if (IS_ERR(br)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(br);
 		goto err;
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, br);
 
-	ret = fpga_bridge_register(br);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
-
 	return 0;
 
 err:
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-br.c b/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-br.c
index 3ff9f3a687ce52b3399b5c06ce4a1b91eec52621..808d1f4d76df8f3f69569f598cc6ad1c9b73c47d 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-br.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/dfl-fme-br.c
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ static int fme_br_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	priv->pdata = dev_get_platdata(dev);
 
-	br = devm_fpga_bridge_create(dev, "DFL FPGA FME Bridge",
-				     &fme_bridge_ops, priv);
-	if (!br)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	br = fpga_bridge_register(dev, "DFL FPGA FME Bridge",
+				  &fme_bridge_ops, priv);
+	if (IS_ERR(br))
+		return PTR_ERR(br);
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, br);
 
-	return fpga_bridge_register(br);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int fme_br_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
index 851debe32bf0f557832362efec3684bd7323633a..0896db7f9ab32d61f0271d79f57664662ba7e334 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ int fpga_bridge_enable(struct fpga_bridge *bridge)
 {
 	dev_dbg(&bridge->dev, "enable\n");
 
-	if (bridge->br_ops && bridge->br_ops->enable_set)
+	if (bridge->br_ops->enable_set)
 		return bridge->br_ops->enable_set(bridge, 1);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -48,40 +48,33 @@ int fpga_bridge_disable(struct fpga_bridge *bridge)
 {
 	dev_dbg(&bridge->dev, "disable\n");
 
-	if (bridge->br_ops && bridge->br_ops->enable_set)
+	if (bridge->br_ops->enable_set)
 		return bridge->br_ops->enable_set(bridge, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_bridge_disable);
 
-static struct fpga_bridge *__fpga_bridge_get(struct device *dev,
+static struct fpga_bridge *__fpga_bridge_get(struct device *bridge_dev,
 					     struct fpga_image_info *info)
 {
 	struct fpga_bridge *bridge;
-	int ret = -ENODEV;
 
-	bridge = to_fpga_bridge(dev);
+	bridge = to_fpga_bridge(bridge_dev);
 
 	bridge->info = info;
 
-	if (!mutex_trylock(&bridge->mutex)) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto err_dev;
-	}
+	if (!mutex_trylock(&bridge->mutex))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
 
-	if (!try_module_get(dev->parent->driver->owner))
-		goto err_ll_mod;
+	if (!try_module_get(bridge->br_ops_owner)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&bridge->mutex);
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+	}
 
 	dev_dbg(&bridge->dev, "get\n");
 
 	return bridge;
-
-err_ll_mod:
-	mutex_unlock(&bridge->mutex);
-err_dev:
-	put_device(dev);
-	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -97,13 +90,18 @@ static struct fpga_bridge *__fpga_bridge_get(struct device *dev,
 struct fpga_bridge *of_fpga_bridge_get(struct device_node *np,
 				       struct fpga_image_info *info)
 {
-	struct device *dev;
+	struct fpga_bridge *bridge;
+	struct device *bridge_dev;
 
-	dev = class_find_device_by_of_node(fpga_bridge_class, np);
-	if (!dev)
+	bridge_dev = class_find_device_by_of_node(fpga_bridge_class, np);
+	if (!bridge_dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
-	return __fpga_bridge_get(dev, info);
+	bridge = __fpga_bridge_get(bridge_dev, info);
+	if (IS_ERR(bridge))
+		put_device(bridge_dev);
+
+	return bridge;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_fpga_bridge_get);
 
@@ -124,6 +122,7 @@ static int fpga_bridge_dev_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
 struct fpga_bridge *fpga_bridge_get(struct device *dev,
 				    struct fpga_image_info *info)
 {
+	struct fpga_bridge *bridge;
 	struct device *bridge_dev;
 
 	bridge_dev = class_find_device(fpga_bridge_class, NULL, dev,
@@ -131,7 +130,11 @@ struct fpga_bridge *fpga_bridge_get(struct device *dev,
 	if (!bridge_dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
-	return __fpga_bridge_get(bridge_dev, info);
+	bridge = __fpga_bridge_get(bridge_dev, info);
+	if (IS_ERR(bridge))
+		put_device(bridge_dev);
+
+	return bridge;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_bridge_get);
 
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ void fpga_bridge_put(struct fpga_bridge *bridge)
 	dev_dbg(&bridge->dev, "put\n");
 
 	bridge->info = NULL;
-	module_put(bridge->dev.parent->driver->owner);
+	module_put(bridge->br_ops_owner);
 	mutex_unlock(&bridge->mutex);
 	put_device(&bridge->dev);
 }
@@ -295,7 +298,7 @@ static ssize_t state_show(struct device *dev,
 	struct fpga_bridge *bridge = to_fpga_bridge(dev);
 	int enable = 1;
 
-	if (bridge->br_ops && bridge->br_ops->enable_show)
+	if (bridge->br_ops->enable_show)
 		enable = bridge->br_ops->enable_show(bridge);
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", enable ? "enabled" : "disabled");
@@ -312,55 +315,69 @@ static struct attribute *fpga_bridge_attrs[] = {
 ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(fpga_bridge);
 
 /**
- * fpga_bridge_create - create and initialize a struct fpga_bridge
- * @dev:	FPGA bridge device from pdev
+ * __fpga_bridge_register - create and register an FPGA Bridge device
+ * @parent:	FPGA bridge device from pdev
  * @name:	FPGA bridge name
  * @br_ops:	pointer to structure of fpga bridge ops
  * @priv:	FPGA bridge private data
+ * @owner:	owner module containing the br_ops
  *
- * The caller of this function is responsible for freeing the bridge with
- * fpga_bridge_free().  Using devm_fpga_bridge_create() instead is recommended.
- *
- * Return: struct fpga_bridge or NULL
+ * Return: struct fpga_bridge pointer or ERR_PTR()
  */
-struct fpga_bridge *fpga_bridge_create(struct device *dev, const char *name,
-				       const struct fpga_bridge_ops *br_ops,
-				       void *priv)
+struct fpga_bridge *
+__fpga_bridge_register(struct device *parent, const char *name,
+		       const struct fpga_bridge_ops *br_ops,
+		       void *priv, struct module *owner)
 {
 	struct fpga_bridge *bridge;
 	int id, ret;
 
+	if (!br_ops) {
+		dev_err(parent, "Attempt to register without fpga_bridge_ops\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	if (!name || !strlen(name)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Attempt to register with no name!\n");
-		return NULL;
+		dev_err(parent, "Attempt to register with no name!\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
 	bridge = kzalloc(sizeof(*bridge), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bridge)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	id = ida_simple_get(&fpga_bridge_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (id < 0)
+	if (id < 0) {
+		ret = id;
 		goto error_kfree;
+	}
 
 	mutex_init(&bridge->mutex);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bridge->node);
 
 	bridge->name = name;
 	bridge->br_ops = br_ops;
+	bridge->br_ops_owner = owner;
 	bridge->priv = priv;
 
-	device_initialize(&bridge->dev);
 	bridge->dev.groups = br_ops->groups;
 	bridge->dev.class = fpga_bridge_class;
-	bridge->dev.parent = dev;
-	bridge->dev.of_node = dev->of_node;
+	bridge->dev.parent = parent;
+	bridge->dev.of_node = parent->of_node;
 	bridge->dev.id = id;
 
 	ret = dev_set_name(&bridge->dev, "br%d", id);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_device;
 
+	ret = device_register(&bridge->dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		put_device(&bridge->dev);
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+	}
+
+	of_platform_populate(bridge->dev.of_node, NULL, NULL, &bridge->dev);
+
 	return bridge;
 
 error_device:
@@ -368,90 +385,9 @@ struct fpga_bridge *fpga_bridge_create(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 error_kfree:
 	kfree(bridge);
 
-	return NULL;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_bridge_create);
-
-/**
- * fpga_bridge_free - free a fpga bridge created by fpga_bridge_create()
- * @bridge:	FPGA bridge struct
- */
-void fpga_bridge_free(struct fpga_bridge *bridge)
-{
-	ida_simple_remove(&fpga_bridge_ida, bridge->dev.id);
-	kfree(bridge);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_bridge_free);
-
-static void devm_fpga_bridge_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
-{
-	struct fpga_bridge *bridge = *(struct fpga_bridge **)res;
-
-	fpga_bridge_free(bridge);
-}
-
-/**
- * devm_fpga_bridge_create - create and init a managed struct fpga_bridge
- * @dev:	FPGA bridge device from pdev
- * @name:	FPGA bridge name
- * @br_ops:	pointer to structure of fpga bridge ops
- * @priv:	FPGA bridge private data
- *
- * This function is intended for use in a FPGA bridge driver's probe function.
- * After the bridge driver creates the struct with devm_fpga_bridge_create(), it
- * should register the bridge with fpga_bridge_register().  The bridge driver's
- * remove function should call fpga_bridge_unregister().  The bridge struct
- * allocated with this function will be freed automatically on driver detach.
- * This includes the case of a probe function returning error before calling
- * fpga_bridge_register(), the struct will still get cleaned up.
- *
- *  Return: struct fpga_bridge or NULL
- */
-struct fpga_bridge
-*devm_fpga_bridge_create(struct device *dev, const char *name,
-			 const struct fpga_bridge_ops *br_ops, void *priv)
-{
-	struct fpga_bridge **ptr, *bridge;
-
-	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_fpga_bridge_release, sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ptr)
-		return NULL;
-
-	bridge = fpga_bridge_create(dev, name, br_ops, priv);
-	if (!bridge) {
-		devres_free(ptr);
-	} else {
-		*ptr = bridge;
-		devres_add(dev, ptr);
-	}
-
-	return bridge;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_fpga_bridge_create);
-
-/**
- * fpga_bridge_register - register a FPGA bridge
- *
- * @bridge: FPGA bridge struct
- *
- * Return: 0 for success, error code otherwise.
- */
-int fpga_bridge_register(struct fpga_bridge *bridge)
-{
-	struct device *dev = &bridge->dev;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = device_add(dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	of_platform_populate(dev->of_node, NULL, NULL, dev);
-
-	dev_info(dev->parent, "fpga bridge [%s] registered\n", bridge->name);
-
-	return 0;
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_bridge_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__fpga_bridge_register);
 
 /**
  * fpga_bridge_unregister - unregister a FPGA bridge
@@ -466,7 +402,7 @@ void fpga_bridge_unregister(struct fpga_bridge *bridge)
 	 * If the low level driver provides a method for putting bridge into
 	 * a desired state upon unregister, do it.
 	 */
-	if (bridge->br_ops && bridge->br_ops->fpga_bridge_remove)
+	if (bridge->br_ops->fpga_bridge_remove)
 		bridge->br_ops->fpga_bridge_remove(bridge);
 
 	device_unregister(&bridge->dev);
@@ -475,6 +411,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_bridge_unregister);
 
 static void fpga_bridge_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
+	struct fpga_bridge *bridge = to_fpga_bridge(dev);
+
+	ida_simple_remove(&fpga_bridge_ida, bridge->dev.id);
+	kfree(bridge);
 }
 
 static int __init fpga_bridge_dev_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/fpga/xilinx-pr-decoupler.c b/drivers/fpga/xilinx-pr-decoupler.c
index 7d69af23056773136fa4611d0dd7d178ee2e4567..4a2bcb148d5dbf2d1c80065a32bb9f43c44d77f4 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/xilinx-pr-decoupler.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/xilinx-pr-decoupler.c
@@ -114,21 +114,16 @@ static int xlnx_pr_decoupler_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	clk_disable(priv->clk);
 
-	br = devm_fpga_bridge_create(&pdev->dev, "Xilinx PR Decoupler",
+	br = fpga_bridge_register(&pdev->dev, "Xilinx PR Decoupler",
 				     &xlnx_pr_decoupler_br_ops, priv);
-	if (!br) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(br)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(br);
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to register Xilinx PR Decoupler");
 		goto err_clk;
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, br);
 
-	err = fpga_bridge_register(br);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unable to register Xilinx PR Decoupler");
-		goto err_clk;
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_clk:
diff --git a/include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h b/include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h
index 817600a32c935568fd9ffdbbcb13dd392b5ba3e2..36363207d9f13854a9fc81e4da303e85ef9a600a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h
+++ b/include/linux/fpga/fpga-bridge.h
@@ -22,12 +22,30 @@ struct fpga_bridge_ops {
 	const struct attribute_group **groups;
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct fpga_bridge_info - collection of parameters an FPGA Bridge
+ * @name: fpga bridge name
+ * @br_ops: pointer to structure of fpga bridge ops
+ * @priv: fpga bridge private data
+ *
+ * fpga_bridge_info contains parameters for the register function. These
+ * are separated into an info structure because they some are optional
+ * others could be added to in the future. The info structure facilitates
+ * maintaining a stable API.
+ */
+struct fpga_bridge_info {
+	const char *name;
+	const struct fpga_bridge_ops *br_ops;
+	void *priv;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct fpga_bridge - FPGA bridge structure
  * @name: name of low level FPGA bridge
  * @dev: FPGA bridge device
  * @mutex: enforces exclusive reference to bridge
  * @br_ops: pointer to struct of FPGA bridge ops
+ * @br_ops_owner: module containing the br_ops
  * @info: fpga image specific information
  * @node: FPGA bridge list node
  * @priv: low level driver private date
@@ -37,6 +55,7 @@ struct fpga_bridge {
 	struct device dev;
 	struct mutex mutex; /* for exclusive reference to bridge */
 	const struct fpga_bridge_ops *br_ops;
+	struct module *br_ops_owner;
 	struct fpga_image_info *info;
 	struct list_head node;
 	void *priv;
@@ -62,15 +81,12 @@ int of_fpga_bridge_get_to_list(struct device_node *np,
 			       struct fpga_image_info *info,
 			       struct list_head *bridge_list);
 
-struct fpga_bridge *fpga_bridge_create(struct device *dev, const char *name,
-				       const struct fpga_bridge_ops *br_ops,
-				       void *priv);
-void fpga_bridge_free(struct fpga_bridge *br);
-int fpga_bridge_register(struct fpga_bridge *br);
+#define fpga_bridge_register(parent, name, br_ops, priv) \
+	__fpga_bridge_register(parent, name, br_ops, priv, THIS_MODULE)
+struct fpga_bridge *
+__fpga_bridge_register(struct device *parent, const char *name,
+		       const struct fpga_bridge_ops *br_ops, void *priv,
+		       struct module *owner);
 void fpga_bridge_unregister(struct fpga_bridge *br);
 
-struct fpga_bridge
-*devm_fpga_bridge_create(struct device *dev, const char *name,
-			 const struct fpga_bridge_ops *br_ops, void *priv);
-
 #endif /* _LINUX_FPGA_BRIDGE_H */