diff --git a/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c b/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c
index 572bc6f02ca8..e18f12b74610 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-interrupt.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int iio_interrupt_trigger_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	trig_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*trig_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!trig_info) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto error_put_trigger;
+		goto error_free_trigger;
 	}
 	iio_trigger_set_drvdata(trig, trig_info);
 	trig_info->irq = irq;
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ error_release_irq:
 	free_irq(irq, trig);
 error_free_trig_info:
 	kfree(trig_info);
-error_put_trigger:
-	iio_trigger_put(trig);
+error_free_trigger:
+	iio_trigger_free(trig);
 error_ret:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static int iio_interrupt_trigger_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	iio_trigger_unregister(trig);
 	free_irq(trig_info->irq, trig);
 	kfree(trig_info);
-	iio_trigger_put(trig);
+	iio_trigger_free(trig);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c b/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c
index 3dfab2bc6d69..202e8b89caf2 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/trigger/iio-trig-sysfs.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int iio_sysfs_trigger_probe(int id)
 	return 0;
 
 out2:
-	iio_trigger_put(t->trig);
+	iio_trigger_free(t->trig);
 free_t:
 	kfree(t);
 out1:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
index 9658f2097c95..4e0b4eedb53d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ out_free_irq:
 out1:
 	iio_trigger_unregister(st->trig);
 out:
-	iio_trigger_put(st->trig);
+	iio_trigger_free(st->trig);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static int iio_bfin_tmr_trigger_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		peripheral_free(st->t->pin);
 	free_irq(st->irq, st);
 	iio_trigger_unregister(st->trig);
-	iio_trigger_put(st->trig);
+	iio_trigger_free(st->trig);
 
 	return 0;
 }