diff --git a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
index f2d27788f666..87d9aabd20c7 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ void iio_hw_consumer_free(struct iio_hw_consumer *hwc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_hw_consumer_free);
 
-static void devm_iio_hw_consumer_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
+static void devm_iio_hw_consumer_release(void *iio_hwc)
 {
-	iio_hw_consumer_free(*(struct iio_hw_consumer **)res);
+	iio_hw_consumer_free(iio_hwc);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -153,20 +153,17 @@ static void devm_iio_hw_consumer_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
  */
 struct iio_hw_consumer *devm_iio_hw_consumer_alloc(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct iio_hw_consumer **ptr, *iio_hwc;
-
-	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_iio_hw_consumer_release, sizeof(*ptr),
-			   GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ptr)
-		return NULL;
+	struct iio_hw_consumer *iio_hwc;
+	int ret;
 
 	iio_hwc = iio_hw_consumer_alloc(dev);
-	if (IS_ERR(iio_hwc)) {
-		devres_free(ptr);
-	} else {
-		*ptr = iio_hwc;
-		devres_add(dev, ptr);
-	}
+	if (IS_ERR(iio_hwc))
+		return iio_hwc;
+
+	ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, devm_iio_hw_consumer_release,
+				       iio_hwc);
+	if (ret)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 	return iio_hwc;
 }