diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
index ef5c48ffe74a..07bb6747f29a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.c
@@ -44,12 +44,21 @@ int kcs_bmc_handle_event(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kcs_bmc_handle_event);
 
-struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc_ipmi_alloc(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv, u32 channel);
-struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc_alloc(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv, u32 channel)
+int kcs_bmc_ipmi_add_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc);
+int kcs_bmc_add_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
 {
-	return kcs_bmc_ipmi_alloc(dev, sizeof_priv, channel);
+	return kcs_bmc_ipmi_add_device(kcs_bmc);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kcs_bmc_alloc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kcs_bmc_add_device);
+
+int kcs_bmc_ipmi_remove_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc);
+void kcs_bmc_remove_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
+{
+	if (kcs_bmc_ipmi_remove_device(kcs_bmc))
+		pr_warn("Failed to remove device for KCS channel %d\n",
+			kcs_bmc->channel);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kcs_bmc_remove_device);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@linux.intel.com>");
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.h b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.h
index febea0c8deb4..f3ed89e7da98 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.h
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ struct kcs_ioreg {
 };
 
 struct kcs_bmc {
+	struct device *dev;
+
 	spinlock_t lock;
 
 	u32 channel;
@@ -94,17 +96,11 @@ struct kcs_bmc {
 	u8 *kbuffer;
 
 	struct miscdevice miscdev;
-
-	unsigned long priv[];
 };
 
-static inline void *kcs_bmc_priv(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
-{
-	return kcs_bmc->priv;
-}
-
 int kcs_bmc_handle_event(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc);
-struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc_alloc(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv, u32 channel);
+int kcs_bmc_add_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc);
+void kcs_bmc_remove_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc);
 
 u8 kcs_bmc_read_data(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc);
 void kcs_bmc_write_data(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u8 data);
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_aspeed.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_aspeed.c
index 01ebb9da3d49..b07cbc423dd5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_aspeed.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_aspeed.c
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 #define LPC_STR4             0x11C
 
 struct aspeed_kcs_bmc {
+	struct kcs_bmc kcs_bmc;
+
 	struct regmap *map;
 };
 
@@ -69,9 +71,14 @@ struct aspeed_kcs_of_ops {
 	int (*get_io_address)(struct platform_device *pdev);
 };
 
+static inline struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *to_aspeed_kcs_bmc(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
+{
+	return container_of(kcs_bmc, struct aspeed_kcs_bmc, kcs_bmc);
+}
+
 static u8 aspeed_kcs_inb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg)
 {
-	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
+	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = to_aspeed_kcs_bmc(kcs_bmc);
 	u32 val = 0;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -83,7 +90,7 @@ static u8 aspeed_kcs_inb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg)
 
 static void aspeed_kcs_outb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg, u8 data)
 {
-	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
+	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = to_aspeed_kcs_bmc(kcs_bmc);
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = regmap_write(priv->map, reg, data);
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ static void aspeed_kcs_outb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg, u8 data)
 
 static void aspeed_kcs_updateb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg, u8 mask, u8 val)
 {
-	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
+	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = to_aspeed_kcs_bmc(kcs_bmc);
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = regmap_update_bits(priv->map, reg, mask, val);
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ static void aspeed_kcs_updateb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg, u8 mask, u8 val
  */
 static void aspeed_kcs_set_address(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u16 addr)
 {
-	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
+	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = to_aspeed_kcs_bmc(kcs_bmc);
 
 	switch (kcs_bmc->channel) {
 	case 1:
@@ -148,7 +155,7 @@ static void aspeed_kcs_set_address(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u16 addr)
 
 static void aspeed_kcs_enable_channel(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, bool enable)
 {
-	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
+	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = to_aspeed_kcs_bmc(kcs_bmc);
 
 	switch (kcs_bmc->channel) {
 	case 1:
@@ -325,17 +332,16 @@ static int aspeed_kcs_of_v2_get_io_address(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static int aspeed_kcs_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	const struct aspeed_kcs_of_ops *ops;
-	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv;
 	struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc;
 	struct device_node *np;
 	int rc, channel, addr;
 
-	np = dev->of_node->parent;
+	np = pdev->dev.of_node->parent;
 	if (!of_device_is_compatible(np, "aspeed,ast2400-lpc-v2") &&
 	    !of_device_is_compatible(np, "aspeed,ast2500-lpc-v2") &&
 	    !of_device_is_compatible(np, "aspeed,ast2600-lpc-v2")) {
-		dev_err(dev, "unsupported LPC device binding\n");
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unsupported LPC device binding\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	ops = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
@@ -346,20 +352,22 @@ static int aspeed_kcs_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (channel < 0)
 		return channel;
 
-	kcs_bmc = kcs_bmc_alloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct aspeed_kcs_bmc), channel);
-	if (!kcs_bmc)
+	addr = ops->get_io_address(pdev);
+	if (addr < 0)
+		return addr;
+
+	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	kcs_bmc = &priv->kcs_bmc;
+	kcs_bmc->dev = &pdev->dev;
+	kcs_bmc->channel = channel;
 	kcs_bmc->ioreg = ast_kcs_bmc_ioregs[channel - 1];
 	kcs_bmc->io_inputb = aspeed_kcs_inb;
 	kcs_bmc->io_outputb = aspeed_kcs_outb;
 	kcs_bmc->io_updateb = aspeed_kcs_updateb;
 
-	addr = ops->get_io_address(pdev);
-	if (addr < 0)
-		return addr;
-
-	priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
 	priv->map = syscon_node_to_regmap(pdev->dev.parent->of_node);
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->map)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Couldn't get regmap\n");
@@ -372,29 +380,27 @@ static int aspeed_kcs_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(dev, kcs_bmc);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
 
 	aspeed_kcs_enable_channel(kcs_bmc, true);
 
-	rc = misc_register(&kcs_bmc->miscdev);
+	rc = kcs_bmc_add_device(&priv->kcs_bmc);
 	if (rc) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Unable to register device\n");
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register channel %d: %d\n", kcs_bmc->channel, rc);
 		return rc;
 	}
 
-	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev,
-		"Probed KCS device %d (IDR=0x%x, ODR=0x%x, STR=0x%x)\n",
-		kcs_bmc->channel, kcs_bmc->ioreg.idr, kcs_bmc->ioreg.odr,
-		kcs_bmc->ioreg.str);
+	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Initialised channel %d at 0x%x\n", kcs_bmc->channel, addr);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int aspeed_kcs_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
+	struct aspeed_kcs_bmc *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc = &priv->kcs_bmc;
 
-	misc_deregister(&kcs_bmc->miscdev);
+	kcs_bmc_remove_device(kcs_bmc);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_cdev_ipmi.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_cdev_ipmi.c
index 82c77994e481..5060643bf530 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_cdev_ipmi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_cdev_ipmi.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static int kcs_bmc_ipmi_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static const struct file_operations kcs_bmc_fops = {
+static const struct file_operations kcs_bmc_ipmi_fops = {
 	.owner          = THIS_MODULE,
 	.open           = kcs_bmc_ipmi_open,
 	.read           = kcs_bmc_ipmi_read,
@@ -392,36 +392,58 @@ static const struct file_operations kcs_bmc_fops = {
 	.unlocked_ioctl = kcs_bmc_ipmi_ioctl,
 };
 
-struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc_ipmi_alloc(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv, u32 channel);
-struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc_ipmi_alloc(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv, u32 channel)
+int kcs_bmc_ipmi_add_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc);
+int kcs_bmc_ipmi_add_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
 {
-	struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc;
-
-	kcs_bmc = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*kcs_bmc) + sizeof_priv, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!kcs_bmc)
-		return NULL;
+	int rc;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&kcs_bmc->lock);
-	kcs_bmc->channel = channel;
-
 	mutex_init(&kcs_bmc->mutex);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&kcs_bmc->queue);
 
-	kcs_bmc->data_in = devm_kmalloc(dev, KCS_MSG_BUFSIZ, GFP_KERNEL);
-	kcs_bmc->data_out = devm_kmalloc(dev, KCS_MSG_BUFSIZ, GFP_KERNEL);
-	kcs_bmc->kbuffer = devm_kmalloc(dev, KCS_MSG_BUFSIZ, GFP_KERNEL);
+	kcs_bmc->data_in = devm_kmalloc(kcs_bmc->dev, KCS_MSG_BUFSIZ, GFP_KERNEL);
+	kcs_bmc->data_out = devm_kmalloc(kcs_bmc->dev, KCS_MSG_BUFSIZ, GFP_KERNEL);
+	kcs_bmc->kbuffer = devm_kmalloc(kcs_bmc->dev, KCS_MSG_BUFSIZ, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	kcs_bmc->miscdev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
-	kcs_bmc->miscdev.name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s%u",
-					       DEVICE_NAME, channel);
+	kcs_bmc->miscdev.name = devm_kasprintf(kcs_bmc->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s%u",
+					       DEVICE_NAME, kcs_bmc->channel);
 	if (!kcs_bmc->data_in || !kcs_bmc->data_out || !kcs_bmc->kbuffer ||
 	    !kcs_bmc->miscdev.name)
-		return NULL;
-	kcs_bmc->miscdev.fops = &kcs_bmc_fops;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	return kcs_bmc;
+	kcs_bmc->miscdev.fops = &kcs_bmc_ipmi_fops;
+
+	rc = misc_register(&kcs_bmc->miscdev);
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_err(kcs_bmc->dev, "Unable to register device: %d\n", rc);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	dev_info(kcs_bmc->dev, "Initialised IPMI client for channel %d", kcs_bmc->channel);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kcs_bmc_ipmi_add_device);
+
+int kcs_bmc_ipmi_remove_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc);
+int kcs_bmc_ipmi_remove_device(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
+{
+	misc_deregister(&kcs_bmc->miscdev);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&kcs_bmc->lock);
+	kcs_bmc->running = 0;
+	kcs_bmc_ipmi_force_abort(kcs_bmc);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&kcs_bmc->lock);
+
+	devm_kfree(kcs_bmc->dev, kcs_bmc->kbuffer);
+	devm_kfree(kcs_bmc->dev, kcs_bmc->data_out);
+	devm_kfree(kcs_bmc->dev, kcs_bmc->data_in);
+	devm_kfree(kcs_bmc->dev, kcs_bmc);
+
+	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kcs_bmc_ipmi_alloc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kcs_bmc_ipmi_remove_device);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Haiyue Wang <haiyue.wang@linux.intel.com>");
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_npcm7xx.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_npcm7xx.c
index 1f44aadec9e8..e06250285113 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_npcm7xx.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_npcm7xx.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ struct npcm7xx_kcs_reg {
 };
 
 struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc {
+	struct kcs_bmc kcs_bmc;
+
 	struct regmap *map;
 
 	const struct npcm7xx_kcs_reg *reg;
@@ -76,9 +78,14 @@ static const struct npcm7xx_kcs_reg npcm7xx_kcs_reg_tbl[KCS_CHANNEL_MAX] = {
 	{ .sts = KCS3ST, .dob = KCS3DO, .dib = KCS3DI, .ctl = KCS3CTL, .ie = KCS3IE },
 };
 
+static inline struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *to_npcm7xx_kcs_bmc(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc)
+{
+	return container_of(kcs_bmc, struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc, kcs_bmc);
+}
+
 static u8 npcm7xx_kcs_inb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg)
 {
-	struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
+	struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *priv = to_npcm7xx_kcs_bmc(kcs_bmc);
 	u32 val = 0;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ static u8 npcm7xx_kcs_inb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg)
 
 static void npcm7xx_kcs_outb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg, u8 data)
 {
-	struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
+	struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *priv = to_npcm7xx_kcs_bmc(kcs_bmc);
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = regmap_write(priv->map, reg, data);
@@ -99,7 +106,7 @@ static void npcm7xx_kcs_outb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg, u8 data)
 
 static void npcm7xx_kcs_updateb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg, u8 mask, u8 data)
 {
-	struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
+	struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *priv = to_npcm7xx_kcs_bmc(kcs_bmc);
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = regmap_update_bits(priv->map, reg, mask, data);
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@ static void npcm7xx_kcs_updateb(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, u32 reg, u8 mask, u8 da
 
 static void npcm7xx_kcs_enable_channel(struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc, bool enable)
 {
-	struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
+	struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *priv = to_npcm7xx_kcs_bmc(kcs_bmc);
 
 	regmap_update_bits(priv->map, priv->reg->ctl, KCS_CTL_IBFIE,
 			   enable ? KCS_CTL_IBFIE : 0);
@@ -155,11 +162,10 @@ static int npcm7xx_kcs_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	kcs_bmc = kcs_bmc_alloc(dev, sizeof(*priv), chan);
-	if (!kcs_bmc)
+	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	priv = kcs_bmc_priv(kcs_bmc);
 	priv->map = syscon_node_to_regmap(dev->parent->of_node);
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->map)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't get regmap\n");
@@ -167,6 +173,9 @@ static int npcm7xx_kcs_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	priv->reg = &npcm7xx_kcs_reg_tbl[chan - 1];
 
+	kcs_bmc = &priv->kcs_bmc;
+	kcs_bmc->dev = &pdev->dev;
+	kcs_bmc->channel = chan;
 	kcs_bmc->ioreg.idr = priv->reg->dib;
 	kcs_bmc->ioreg.odr = priv->reg->dob;
 	kcs_bmc->ioreg.str = priv->reg->sts;
@@ -174,16 +183,16 @@ static int npcm7xx_kcs_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	kcs_bmc->io_outputb = npcm7xx_kcs_outb;
 	kcs_bmc->io_updateb = npcm7xx_kcs_updateb;
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(dev, kcs_bmc);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
 
 	npcm7xx_kcs_enable_channel(kcs_bmc, true);
 	rc = npcm7xx_kcs_config_irq(kcs_bmc, pdev);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	rc = misc_register(&kcs_bmc->miscdev);
+	rc = kcs_bmc_add_device(kcs_bmc);
 	if (rc) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Unable to register device\n");
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register channel %d: %d\n", kcs_bmc->channel, rc);
 		return rc;
 	}
 
@@ -196,9 +205,10 @@ static int npcm7xx_kcs_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int npcm7xx_kcs_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
+	struct npcm7xx_kcs_bmc *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct kcs_bmc *kcs_bmc = &priv->kcs_bmc;
 
-	misc_deregister(&kcs_bmc->miscdev);
+	kcs_bmc_remove_device(kcs_bmc);
 
 	return 0;
 }
