diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c
index 335551d333b2..14a42a1edc66 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  */
 struct ep93xx_rtc {
 	void __iomem	*mmio_base;
+	struct rtc_device *rtc;
 };
 
 static int ep93xx_rtc_get_swcomp(struct device *dev, unsigned short *preload,
@@ -130,7 +131,6 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct ep93xx_rtc *ep93xx_rtc;
 	struct resource *res;
-	struct rtc_device *rtc;
 	int err;
 
 	ep93xx_rtc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*ep93xx_rtc), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
 	pdev->dev.platform_data = ep93xx_rtc;
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtc);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ep93xx_rtc);
 
-	rtc = rtc_device_register(pdev->name,
+	ep93xx_rtc->rtc = rtc_device_register(pdev->name,
 				&pdev->dev, &ep93xx_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
-	if (IS_ERR(rtc)) {
-		err = PTR_ERR(rtc);
+	if (IS_ERR(ep93xx_rtc->rtc)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(ep93xx_rtc->rtc);
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
-	rtc_device_unregister(rtc);
+	rtc_device_unregister(ep93xx_rtc->rtc);
 exit:
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	pdev->dev.platform_data = NULL;
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ exit:
 
 static int __exit ep93xx_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct rtc_device *rtc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct ep93xx_rtc *ep93xx_rtc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	sysfs_remove_group(&pdev->dev.kobj, &ep93xx_rtc_sysfs_files);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-	rtc_device_unregister(rtc);
+	rtc_device_unregister(ep93xx_rtc->rtc);
 	pdev->dev.platform_data = NULL;
 
 	return 0;