diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c
index 0b8a84c04f7668aa7dbe03d86300c30854174fd6..4ad98b0b8caa5f3ee5e3b3a1b00afd05bbedcd73 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_cdev.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int rproc_char_device_add(struct rproc *rproc)
 
 void rproc_char_device_remove(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
-	__unregister_chrdev(MAJOR(rproc->dev.devt), rproc->index, 1, "remoteproc");
+	cdev_del(&rproc->cdev);
 }
 
 void __init rproc_init_cdev(void)
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index b65fce32e88cd8959f8d0e28958813f56f980dfa..b8742807ca1cf3b27ea5c14c168c57b180d9179e 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -2619,7 +2619,6 @@ int rproc_del(struct rproc *rproc)
 	mutex_unlock(&rproc->lock);
 
 	rproc_delete_debug_dir(rproc);
-	rproc_char_device_remove(rproc);
 
 	/* the rproc is downref'ed as soon as it's removed from the klist */
 	mutex_lock(&rproc_list_mutex);
@@ -2630,6 +2629,7 @@ int rproc_del(struct rproc *rproc)
 	synchronize_rcu();
 
 	device_del(&rproc->dev);
+	rproc_char_device_remove(rproc);
 
 	return 0;
 }