diff --git a/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c b/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c
index da26a58..1d965c1 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
+#include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/mailbox_client.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@
 	struct mbox_chan *chan; /* The property channel. */
 	struct completion c;
 	u32 enabled;
+
+	struct kref consumers;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(transaction_lock);
@@ -177,21 +180,18 @@
 static void
 rpi_firmware_print_firmware_revision(struct rpi_firmware *fw)
 {
+	time64_t date_and_time;
 	u32 packet;
 	int ret = rpi_firmware_property(fw,
 					RPI_FIRMWARE_GET_FIRMWARE_REVISION,
 					&packet, sizeof(packet));
 
-	if (ret == 0) {
-		struct tm tm;
+	if (ret)
+		return;
 
-		time64_to_tm(packet, 0, &tm);
-
-		dev_info(fw->cl.dev,
-			 "Attached to firmware from %04ld-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d\n",
-			 tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday,
-			 tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min);
-	}
+	/* This is not compatible with y2038 */
+	date_and_time = packet;
+	dev_info(fw->cl.dev, "Attached to firmware from %ptT\n", &date_and_time);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -210,16 +210,49 @@
 
 static void rpi_register_clk_driver(struct device *dev)
 {
+	struct device_node *firmware;
+
+	/*
+	 * Earlier DTs don't have a node for the firmware clocks but
+	 * rely on us creating a platform device by hand. If we do
+	 * have a node for the firmware clocks, just bail out here.
+	 */
+	firmware = of_get_compatible_child(dev->of_node,
+					   "raspberrypi,firmware-clocks");
+	if (firmware) {
+		of_node_put(firmware);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	rpi_clk = platform_device_register_data(dev, "raspberrypi-clk",
 						-1, NULL, 0);
 }
 
+static void rpi_firmware_delete(struct kref *kref)
+{
+	struct rpi_firmware *fw = container_of(kref, struct rpi_firmware,
+					       consumers);
+
+	mbox_free_channel(fw->chan);
+	kfree(fw);
+}
+
+void rpi_firmware_put(struct rpi_firmware *fw)
+{
+	kref_put(&fw->consumers, rpi_firmware_delete);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpi_firmware_put);
+
 static int rpi_firmware_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct rpi_firmware *fw;
 
-	fw = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*fw), GFP_KERNEL);
+	/*
+	 * Memory will be freed by rpi_firmware_delete() once all users have
+	 * released their firmware handles. Don't use devm_kzalloc() here.
+	 */
+	fw = kzalloc(sizeof(*fw), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!fw)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -236,6 +269,7 @@
 	}
 
 	init_completion(&fw->c);
+	kref_init(&fw->consumers);
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, fw);
 
@@ -264,7 +298,8 @@
 	rpi_hwmon = NULL;
 	platform_device_unregister(rpi_clk);
 	rpi_clk = NULL;
-	mbox_free_channel(fw->chan);
+
+	rpi_firmware_put(fw);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -273,16 +308,32 @@
  * rpi_firmware_get - Get pointer to rpi_firmware structure.
  * @firmware_node:    Pointer to the firmware Device Tree node.
  *
+ * The reference to rpi_firmware has to be released with rpi_firmware_put().
+ *
  * Returns NULL is the firmware device is not ready.
  */
 struct rpi_firmware *rpi_firmware_get(struct device_node *firmware_node)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = of_find_device_by_node(firmware_node);
+	struct rpi_firmware *fw;
 
 	if (!pdev)
 		return NULL;
 
-	return platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	fw = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	if (!fw)
+		goto err_put_device;
+
+	if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&fw->consumers))
+		goto err_put_device;
+
+	put_device(&pdev->dev);
+
+	return fw;
+
+err_put_device:
+	put_device(&pdev->dev);
+	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rpi_firmware_get);