diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c
index 72c22851d7ee..0c68227fe899 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ static int dwc3_qcom_of_register_core(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!qcom->dwc3) {
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to get dwc3 platform device\n");
+		of_platform_depopulate(dev);
 	}
 
 node_put:
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ static int dwc3_qcom_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register DWC3 Core, err=%d\n", ret);
-		goto depopulate;
+		goto clk_disable;
 	}
 
 	ret = dwc3_qcom_interconnect_init(qcom);
@@ -936,7 +937,8 @@ depopulate:
 	if (np)
 		of_platform_depopulate(&pdev->dev);
 	else
-		platform_device_put(pdev);
+		platform_device_del(qcom->dwc3);
+	platform_device_put(qcom->dwc3);
 clk_disable:
 	for (i = qcom->num_clocks - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		clk_disable_unprepare(qcom->clks[i]);
@@ -959,7 +961,8 @@ static int dwc3_qcom_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (np)
 		of_platform_depopulate(&pdev->dev);
 	else
-		platform_device_put(pdev);
+		platform_device_del(qcom->dwc3);
+	platform_device_put(qcom->dwc3);
 
 	for (i = qcom->num_clocks - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		clk_disable_unprepare(qcom->clks[i]);