diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index c88424a0c89b60d28d3805895e6ee973710b7d8c..a5d8bcb40000df912d43cb9ad4a8cc9c7453642c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -1031,18 +1031,13 @@ void tpm_remove_hardware(struct device *dev)
 
 	spin_unlock(&driver_lock);
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 	misc_deregister(&chip->vendor.miscdev);
-	kfree(chip->vendor.miscdev.name);
 
 	sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, chip->vendor.attr_group);
 	tpm_bios_log_teardown(chip->bios_dir);
 
-	clear_bit(chip->dev_num, dev_mask);
-
-	kfree(chip);
-
-	put_device(dev);
+	/* write it this way to be explicit (chip->dev == dev) */
+	put_device(chip->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_remove_hardware);
 
@@ -1082,6 +1077,26 @@ int tpm_pm_resume(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_pm_resume);
 
+/*
+ * Once all references to platform device are down to 0,
+ * release all allocated structures.
+ * In case vendor provided release function,
+ * call it too.
+ */
+static void tpm_dev_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	if (chip->vendor.release)
+		chip->vendor.release(dev);
+
+	chip->release(dev);
+
+	clear_bit(chip->dev_num, dev_mask);
+	kfree(chip->vendor.miscdev.name);
+	kfree(chip);
+}
+
 /*
  * Called from tpm_<specific>.c probe function only for devices 
  * the driver has determined it should claim.  Prior to calling
@@ -1136,23 +1151,21 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev, const struct tpm_vend
 
 	chip->vendor.miscdev.parent = dev;
 	chip->dev = get_device(dev);
+	chip->release = dev->release;
+	dev->release = tpm_dev_release;
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, chip);
 
 	if (misc_register(&chip->vendor.miscdev)) {
 		dev_err(chip->dev,
 			"unable to misc_register %s, minor %d\n",
 			chip->vendor.miscdev.name,
 			chip->vendor.miscdev.minor);
-		put_device(dev);
-		clear_bit(chip->dev_num, dev_mask);
-		kfree(chip);
-		kfree(devname);
+		put_device(chip->dev);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock(&driver_lock);
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(dev, chip);
-
 	list_add(&chip->list, &tpm_chip_list);
 
 	spin_unlock(&driver_lock);
@@ -1160,10 +1173,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev, const struct tpm_vend
 	if (sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, chip->vendor.attr_group)) {
 		list_del(&chip->list);
 		misc_deregister(&chip->vendor.miscdev);
-		put_device(dev);
-		clear_bit(chip->dev_num, dev_mask);
-		kfree(chip);
-		kfree(devname);
+		put_device(chip->dev);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
index d15ccddc92ebc6080762cb3c22d019d7f16c923a..e885148b4cfbd0b177f77b87e6e629511db16983 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct tpm_vendor_specific {
 	int (*send) (struct tpm_chip *, u8 *, size_t);
 	void (*cancel) (struct tpm_chip *);
 	u8 (*status) (struct tpm_chip *);
+	void (*release) (struct device *);
 	struct miscdevice miscdev;
 	struct attribute_group *attr_group;
 	struct list_head list;
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ struct tpm_chip {
 	struct dentry **bios_dir;
 
 	struct list_head list;
+	void (*release) (struct device *);
 };
 
 #define to_tpm_chip(n) container_of(n, struct tpm_chip, vendor)