diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c
index 50a5c4a..e933327 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sa1100.c
@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ static int sa1100_rtc_proc(struct device *dev, struct seq_file *seq)
 }
 
 static const struct rtc_class_ops sa1100_rtc_ops = {
-	.open = sa1100_rtc_open,
-	.release = sa1100_rtc_release,
 	.read_time = sa1100_rtc_read_time,
 	.set_time = sa1100_rtc_set_time,
 	.read_alarm = sa1100_rtc_read_alarm,
@@ -253,6 +251,10 @@ static int sa1100_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	spin_lock_init(&info->lock);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, info);
 
+	ret = sa1100_rtc_open(&pdev->dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_open;
+
 	/*
 	 * According to the manual we should be able to let RTTR be zero
 	 * and then a default diviser for a 32.768KHz clock is used.
@@ -305,7 +307,9 @@ static int sa1100_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	return 0;
 err_dev:
+	sa1100_rtc_release(&pdev->dev);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+err_open:
 	clk_put(info->clk);
 err_clk:
 	kfree(info);
@@ -318,6 +322,7 @@ static int sa1100_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (info) {
 		rtc_device_unregister(info->rtc);
+		sa1100_rtc_release(&pdev->dev);
 		clk_put(info->clk);
 		platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 		kfree(info);