diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-microchip-core.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-microchip-core.c
index c0c53968f3e9..c1f2287b8e97 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-microchip-core.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-microchip-core.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 #define MCHPCOREPWM_TIMEOUT_MS	100u
 
 struct mchp_core_pwm_chip {
-	struct pwm_chip chip;
 	struct clk *clk;
 	void __iomem *base;
 	struct mutex lock; /* protects the shared period */
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ struct mchp_core_pwm_chip {
 
 static inline struct mchp_core_pwm_chip *to_mchp_core_pwm(struct pwm_chip *chip)
 {
-	return container_of(chip, struct mchp_core_pwm_chip, chip);
+	return pwmchip_get_drvdata(chip);
 }
 
 static void mchp_core_pwm_enable(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm,
@@ -447,13 +446,15 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, mchp_core_of_match);
 
 static int mchp_core_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	struct pwm_chip *chip;
 	struct mchp_core_pwm_chip *mchp_core_pwm;
 	struct resource *regs;
 	int ret;
 
-	mchp_core_pwm = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*mchp_core_pwm), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mchp_core_pwm)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	chip = devm_pwmchip_alloc(&pdev->dev, 16, sizeof(*mchp_core_pwm));
+	if (IS_ERR(chip))
+		return PTR_ERR(chip);
+	mchp_core_pwm = to_mchp_core_pwm(chip);
 
 	mchp_core_pwm->base = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0, &regs);
 	if (IS_ERR(mchp_core_pwm->base))
@@ -470,9 +471,7 @@ static int mchp_core_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	mutex_init(&mchp_core_pwm->lock);
 
-	mchp_core_pwm->chip.dev = &pdev->dev;
-	mchp_core_pwm->chip.ops = &mchp_core_pwm_ops;
-	mchp_core_pwm->chip.npwm = 16;
+	chip->ops = &mchp_core_pwm_ops;
 
 	mchp_core_pwm->channel_enabled = readb_relaxed(mchp_core_pwm->base + MCHPCOREPWM_EN(0));
 	mchp_core_pwm->channel_enabled |=
@@ -485,7 +484,7 @@ static int mchp_core_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	writel_relaxed(1U, mchp_core_pwm->base + MCHPCOREPWM_SYNC_UPD);
 	mchp_core_pwm->update_timestamp = ktime_get();
 
-	ret = devm_pwmchip_add(&pdev->dev, &mchp_core_pwm->chip);
+	ret = devm_pwmchip_add(&pdev->dev, chip);
 	if (ret)
 		return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "Failed to add pwmchip\n");