diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index 47ccfcc8a647..be19a1b9a7be 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -513,13 +513,6 @@ static const struct pinconf_ops imx_pinconf_ops = {
 	.pin_config_group_dbg_show = imx_pinconf_group_dbg_show,
 };
 
-static struct pinctrl_desc imx_pinctrl_desc = {
-	.pctlops = &imx_pctrl_ops,
-	.pmxops = &imx_pmx_ops,
-	.confops = &imx_pinconf_ops,
-	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
-};
-
 /*
  * Each pin represented in fsl,pins consists of 5 u32 PIN_FUNC_ID and
  * 1 u32 CONFIG, so 24 types in total for each pin.
@@ -722,6 +715,7 @@ int imx_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 {
 	struct regmap_config config = { .name = "gpr" };
 	struct device_node *dev_np = pdev->dev.of_node;
+	struct pinctrl_desc *imx_pinctrl_desc;
 	struct device_node *np;
 	struct imx_pinctrl *ipctl;
 	struct resource *res;
@@ -776,9 +770,18 @@ int imx_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	imx_pinctrl_desc.name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
-	imx_pinctrl_desc.pins = info->pins;
-	imx_pinctrl_desc.npins = info->npins;
+	imx_pinctrl_desc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*imx_pinctrl_desc),
+					GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!imx_pinctrl_desc)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	imx_pinctrl_desc->name = dev_name(&pdev->dev);
+	imx_pinctrl_desc->pins = info->pins;
+	imx_pinctrl_desc->npins = info->npins;
+	imx_pinctrl_desc->pctlops = &imx_pctrl_ops,
+	imx_pinctrl_desc->pmxops = &imx_pmx_ops,
+	imx_pinctrl_desc->confops = &imx_pinconf_ops,
+	imx_pinctrl_desc->owner = THIS_MODULE,
 
 	ret = imx_pinctrl_probe_dt(pdev, info);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -789,7 +792,8 @@ int imx_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	ipctl->info = info;
 	ipctl->dev = info->dev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ipctl);
-	ipctl->pctl = devm_pinctrl_register(&pdev->dev, &imx_pinctrl_desc, ipctl);
+	ipctl->pctl = devm_pinctrl_register(&pdev->dev,
+					    imx_pinctrl_desc, ipctl);
 	if (IS_ERR(ipctl->pctl)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not register IMX pinctrl driver\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(ipctl->pctl);