diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
index 9fbd1b27a1ac..c2a65808605a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_drv.c
@@ -152,24 +152,6 @@ static void vfio_ccw_sch_irq(struct subchannel *sch)
 	vfio_ccw_fsm_event(private, VFIO_CCW_EVENT_INTERRUPT);
 }
 
-void vfio_ccw_free_private(struct vfio_ccw_private *private)
-{
-	struct vfio_ccw_crw *crw, *temp;
-
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(crw, temp, &private->crw, next) {
-		list_del(&crw->next);
-		kfree(crw);
-	}
-
-	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_crw_region, private->crw_region);
-	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_schib_region, private->schib_region);
-	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_cmd_region, private->cmd_region);
-	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_io_region, private->io_region);
-	kfree(private->cp.guest_cp);
-	mutex_destroy(&private->io_mutex);
-	kfree(private);
-}
-
 static void vfio_ccw_free_parent(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct vfio_ccw_parent *parent = container_of(dev, struct vfio_ccw_parent, dev);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
index 8a929a9cf3c6..1155f8bcedd9 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_ops.c
@@ -102,15 +102,10 @@ static int vfio_ccw_mdev_probe(struct mdev_device *mdev)
 	struct vfio_ccw_private *private;
 	int ret;
 
-	private = kzalloc(sizeof(*private), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!private)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	ret = vfio_init_device(&private->vdev, &mdev->dev, &vfio_ccw_dev_ops);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(private);
-		return ret;
-	}
+	private = vfio_alloc_device(vfio_ccw_private, vdev, &mdev->dev,
+				    &vfio_ccw_dev_ops);
+	if (IS_ERR(private))
+		return PTR_ERR(private);
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&parent->dev, private);
 
@@ -135,8 +130,21 @@ static void vfio_ccw_mdev_release_dev(struct vfio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct vfio_ccw_private *private =
 		container_of(vdev, struct vfio_ccw_private, vdev);
+	struct vfio_ccw_crw *crw, *temp;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(crw, temp, &private->crw, next) {
+		list_del(&crw->next);
+		kfree(crw);
+	}
+
+	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_crw_region, private->crw_region);
+	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_schib_region, private->schib_region);
+	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_cmd_region, private->cmd_region);
+	kmem_cache_free(vfio_ccw_io_region, private->io_region);
+	kfree(private->cp.guest_cp);
+	mutex_destroy(&private->io_mutex);
 
-	vfio_ccw_free_private(private);
+	vfio_free_device(vdev);
 }
 
 static void vfio_ccw_mdev_remove(struct mdev_device *mdev)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
index 2278fd38d34e..b441ae6700fd 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/vfio_ccw_private.h
@@ -131,8 +131,6 @@ int vfio_ccw_sch_quiesce(struct subchannel *sch);
 void vfio_ccw_sch_io_todo(struct work_struct *work);
 void vfio_ccw_crw_todo(struct work_struct *work);
 
-void vfio_ccw_free_private(struct vfio_ccw_private *private);
-
 extern struct mdev_driver vfio_ccw_mdev_driver;
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
index 2d168793d4e1..2901b8ad5be9 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ static void vfio_device_release(struct device *dev)
 	device->ops->release(device);
 }
 
+static int vfio_init_device(struct vfio_device *device, struct device *dev,
+			    const struct vfio_device_ops *ops);
+
 /*
  * Allocate and initialize vfio_device so it can be registered to vfio
  * core.
@@ -386,11 +389,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_vfio_alloc_device);
 
 /*
  * Initialize a vfio_device so it can be registered to vfio core.
- *
- * Only vfio-ccw driver should call this interface.
  */
-int vfio_init_device(struct vfio_device *device, struct device *dev,
-		     const struct vfio_device_ops *ops)
+static int vfio_init_device(struct vfio_device *device, struct device *dev,
+			    const struct vfio_device_ops *ops)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -422,7 +423,6 @@ int vfio_init_device(struct vfio_device *device, struct device *dev,
 	ida_free(&vfio.device_ida, device->index);
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_init_device);
 
 /*
  * The helper called by driver @release callback to free the device
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio.h b/include/linux/vfio.h
index e7cebeb875dd..ba809268a48e 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio.h
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ struct vfio_device *_vfio_alloc_device(size_t size, struct device *dev,
 					dev, ops),				\
 		     struct dev_struct, member)
 
-int vfio_init_device(struct vfio_device *device, struct device *dev,
-		     const struct vfio_device_ops *ops);
 void vfio_free_device(struct vfio_device *device);
 static inline void vfio_put_device(struct vfio_device *device)
 {
