return 0;
        }
 
-       rtdcom = kmalloc(sizeof(*rtdcom), GFP_KERNEL);
+       /*
+        * created rtdcom here will be freed when rtd->dev was freed.
+        * see
+        *      soc_free_pcm_runtime() :: device_unregister(rtd->dev)
+        */
+       rtdcom = devm_kzalloc(rtd->dev, sizeof(*rtdcom), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!rtdcom)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        rtdcom->component = component;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtdcom->list);
 
+       /*
+        * When rtd was freed, created rtdcom here will be
+        * also freed.
+        * And we don't need to call list_del(&rtdcom->list)
+        * when freed, because rtd is also freed.
+        */
        list_add_tail(&rtdcom->list, &rtd->component_list);
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static void snd_soc_rtdcom_del_all(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
-{
-       struct snd_soc_rtdcom_list *rtdcom1, *rtdcom2;
-
-       for_each_rtdcom_safe(rtd, rtdcom1, rtdcom2)
-               kfree(rtdcom1);
-
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtd->component_list);
-}
-
 struct snd_soc_component *snd_soc_rtdcom_lookup(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd,
                                                const char *driver_name)
 {
                return;
 
        kfree(rtd->codec_dais);
-       snd_soc_rtdcom_del_all(rtd);
        list_del(&rtd->list);
 
        /*