diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c
index 514cc2b67c36..4c31299607cf 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-platform.c
@@ -17,6 +17,24 @@
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <asm/smp_plat.h>
 
+/*
+ * coresight_alloc_conns: Allocate connections record for each output
+ * port from the device.
+ */
+static int coresight_alloc_conns(struct device *dev,
+				 struct coresight_platform_data *pdata)
+{
+	if (pdata->nr_outport) {
+		pdata->conns = devm_kzalloc(dev, pdata->nr_outport *
+					    sizeof(*pdata->conns),
+					    GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!pdata->conns)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
 static int of_dev_node_match(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
@@ -133,20 +151,6 @@ static void of_coresight_get_ports(const struct device_node *node,
 	}
 }
 
-static int of_coresight_alloc_memory(struct device *dev,
-			struct coresight_platform_data *pdata)
-{
-	if (pdata->nr_outport) {
-		pdata->conns = devm_kzalloc(dev, pdata->nr_outport *
-					    sizeof(*pdata->conns),
-					    GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pdata->conns)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 int of_coresight_get_cpu(const struct device_node *node)
 {
 	int cpu;
@@ -252,7 +256,7 @@ of_get_coresight_platform_data(struct device *dev,
 	if (!pdata->nr_outport)
 		return pdata;
 
-	ret = of_coresight_alloc_memory(dev, pdata);
+	ret = coresight_alloc_conns(dev, pdata);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);