#define LPC18XX_PWM_EVENT_PERIOD       0
 #define LPC18XX_PWM_EVENT_MAX          16
 
+#define LPC18XX_NUM_PWMS               16
+
 /* SCT conflict resolution */
 enum lpc18xx_pwm_res_action {
        LPC18XX_PWM_RES_NONE,
        unsigned long event_map;
        struct mutex res_lock;
        struct mutex period_lock;
+       struct lpc18xx_pwm_data channeldata[LPC18XX_NUM_PWMS];
 };
 
 static inline struct lpc18xx_pwm_chip *
 
        lpc18xx_pwm->chip.dev = &pdev->dev;
        lpc18xx_pwm->chip.ops = &lpc18xx_pwm_ops;
-       lpc18xx_pwm->chip.npwm = 16;
+       lpc18xx_pwm->chip.npwm = LPC18XX_NUM_PWMS;
 
        /* SCT counter must be in unify (32 bit) mode */
        lpc18xx_pwm_writel(lpc18xx_pwm, LPC18XX_PWM_CONFIG,
 
                pwm = &lpc18xx_pwm->chip.pwms[i];
 
-               data = devm_kzalloc(lpc18xx_pwm->dev, sizeof(*data),
-                                   GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!data) {
-                       ret = -ENOMEM;
-                       goto disable_pwmclk;
-               }
+               data = &lpc18xx_pwm->channeldata[i];
 
                pwm_set_chip_data(pwm, data);
        }