diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
index 0d65220..bde5a9d 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-region.c
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@
  * @mgr: manager that programs this region
  * @get_bridges: optional function to get bridges to a list
  *
+ * The caller of this function is responsible for freeing the resulting region
+ * struct with fpga_region_free().  Using devm_fpga_region_create() instead is
+ * recommended.
+ *
  * Return: struct fpga_region or NULL
  */
 struct fpga_region
@@ -230,8 +234,8 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_region_create);
 
 /**
- * fpga_region_free - free a struct fpga_region
- * @region: FPGA region created by fpga_region_create
+ * fpga_region_free - free a FPGA region created by fpga_region_create()
+ * @region: FPGA region
  */
 void fpga_region_free(struct fpga_region *region)
 {
@@ -240,21 +244,69 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_region_free);
 
+static void devm_fpga_region_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
+{
+	struct fpga_region *region = *(struct fpga_region **)res;
+
+	fpga_region_free(region);
+}
+
+/**
+ * devm_fpga_region_create - create and initialize a managed FPGA region struct
+ * @dev: device parent
+ * @mgr: manager that programs this region
+ * @get_bridges: optional function to get bridges to a list
+ *
+ * This function is intended for use in a FPGA region driver's probe function.
+ * After the region driver creates the region struct with
+ * devm_fpga_region_create(), it should register it with fpga_region_register().
+ * The region driver's remove function should call fpga_region_unregister().
+ * The region struct allocated with this function will be freed automatically on
+ * driver detach.  This includes the case of a probe function returning error
+ * before calling fpga_region_register(), the struct will still get cleaned up.
+ *
+ * Return: struct fpga_region or NULL
+ */
+struct fpga_region
+*devm_fpga_region_create(struct device *dev,
+			 struct fpga_manager *mgr,
+			 int (*get_bridges)(struct fpga_region *))
+{
+	struct fpga_region **ptr, *region;
+
+	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_fpga_region_release, sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ptr)
+		return NULL;
+
+	region = fpga_region_create(dev, mgr, get_bridges);
+	if (!region) {
+		devres_free(ptr);
+	} else {
+		*ptr = region;
+		devres_add(dev, ptr);
+	}
+
+	return region;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_fpga_region_create);
+
 /**
  * fpga_region_register - register a FPGA region
- * @region: FPGA region created by fpga_region_create
+ * @region: FPGA region
+ *
  * Return: 0 or -errno
  */
 int fpga_region_register(struct fpga_region *region)
 {
 	return device_add(&region->dev);
-
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fpga_region_register);
 
 /**
- * fpga_region_unregister - unregister and free a FPGA region
+ * fpga_region_unregister - unregister a FPGA region
  * @region: FPGA region
+ *
+ * This function is intended for use in a FPGA region driver's remove function.
  */
 void fpga_region_unregister(struct fpga_region *region)
 {
@@ -264,9 +316,6 @@
 
 static void fpga_region_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct fpga_region *region = to_fpga_region(dev);
-
-	fpga_region_free(region);
 }
 
 /**