diff --git a/drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx8m.c b/drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx8m.c
index 08197b03955dda..a160854a19178e 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx8m.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/imx/soc-imx8m.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 struct imx8_soc_data {
 	char *name;
-	u32 (*soc_revision)(void);
+	int (*soc_revision)(u32 *socrev);
 };
 
 static u64 soc_uid;
@@ -51,24 +51,29 @@ static u32 imx8mq_soc_revision_from_atf(void)
 static inline u32 imx8mq_soc_revision_from_atf(void) { return 0; };
 #endif
 
-static u32 __init imx8mq_soc_revision(void)
+static int imx8mq_soc_revision(u32 *socrev)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
 	void __iomem *ocotp_base;
 	u32 magic;
 	u32 rev;
 	struct clk *clk;
+	int ret;
 
 	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "fsl,imx8mq-ocotp");
 	if (!np)
-		return 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ocotp_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
-	WARN_ON(!ocotp_base);
+	if (!ocotp_base) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_iomap;
+	}
+
 	clk = of_clk_get_by_name(np, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
-		WARN_ON(IS_ERR(clk));
-		return 0;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(clk);
+		goto err_clk;
 	}
 
 	clk_prepare_enable(clk);
@@ -88,32 +93,45 @@ static u32 __init imx8mq_soc_revision(void)
 	soc_uid <<= 32;
 	soc_uid |= readl_relaxed(ocotp_base + OCOTP_UID_LOW);
 
+	*socrev = rev;
+
 	clk_disable_unprepare(clk);
 	clk_put(clk);
 	iounmap(ocotp_base);
 	of_node_put(np);
 
-	return rev;
+	return 0;
+
+err_clk:
+	iounmap(ocotp_base);
+err_iomap:
+	of_node_put(np);
+	return ret;
 }
 
-static void __init imx8mm_soc_uid(void)
+static int imx8mm_soc_uid(void)
 {
 	void __iomem *ocotp_base;
 	struct device_node *np;
 	struct clk *clk;
+	int ret = 0;
 	u32 offset = of_machine_is_compatible("fsl,imx8mp") ?
 		     IMX8MP_OCOTP_UID_OFFSET : 0;
 
 	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "fsl,imx8mm-ocotp");
 	if (!np)
-		return;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ocotp_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
-	WARN_ON(!ocotp_base);
+	if (!ocotp_base) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_iomap;
+	}
+
 	clk = of_clk_get_by_name(np, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(clk)) {
-		WARN_ON(IS_ERR(clk));
-		return;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(clk);
+		goto err_clk;
 	}
 
 	clk_prepare_enable(clk);
@@ -124,31 +142,41 @@ static void __init imx8mm_soc_uid(void)
 
 	clk_disable_unprepare(clk);
 	clk_put(clk);
+
+err_clk:
 	iounmap(ocotp_base);
+err_iomap:
 	of_node_put(np);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
-static u32 __init imx8mm_soc_revision(void)
+static int imx8mm_soc_revision(u32 *socrev)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
 	void __iomem *anatop_base;
-	u32 rev;
+	int ret;
 
 	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "fsl,imx8mm-anatop");
 	if (!np)
-		return 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	anatop_base = of_iomap(np, 0);
-	WARN_ON(!anatop_base);
+	if (!anatop_base) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_iomap;
+	}
 
-	rev = readl_relaxed(anatop_base + ANADIG_DIGPROG_IMX8MM);
+	*socrev = readl_relaxed(anatop_base + ANADIG_DIGPROG_IMX8MM);
 
 	iounmap(anatop_base);
 	of_node_put(np);
 
-	imx8mm_soc_uid();
+	return imx8mm_soc_uid();
 
-	return rev;
+err_iomap:
+	of_node_put(np);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct imx8_soc_data imx8mq_soc_data = {
@@ -184,7 +212,7 @@ static __maybe_unused const struct of_device_id imx8_soc_match[] = {
 	kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%d.%d", (soc_rev >> 4) & 0xf,  soc_rev & 0xf) : \
 	"unknown"
 
-static int __init imx8_soc_init(void)
+static int imx8m_soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct soc_device_attribute *soc_dev_attr;
 	struct soc_device *soc_dev;
@@ -212,8 +240,11 @@ static int __init imx8_soc_init(void)
 	data = id->data;
 	if (data) {
 		soc_dev_attr->soc_id = data->name;
-		if (data->soc_revision)
-			soc_rev = data->soc_revision();
+		if (data->soc_revision) {
+			ret = data->soc_revision(&soc_rev);
+			if (ret)
+				goto free_soc;
+		}
 	}
 
 	soc_dev_attr->revision = imx8_revision(soc_rev);
@@ -251,4 +282,36 @@ static int __init imx8_soc_init(void)
 	kfree(soc_dev_attr);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+static struct platform_driver imx8m_soc_driver = {
+	.probe = imx8m_soc_probe,
+	.driver = {
+		.name = "imx8m-soc",
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init imx8_soc_init(void)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* No match means this is non-i.MX8M hardware, do nothing. */
+	if (!of_match_node(imx8_soc_match, of_root))
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = platform_driver_register(&imx8m_soc_driver);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("Failed to register imx8m-soc platform driver: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	pdev = platform_device_register_simple("imx8m-soc", -1, NULL, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(pdev)) {
+		pr_err("Failed to register imx8m-soc platform device: %ld\n", PTR_ERR(pdev));
+		platform_driver_unregister(&imx8m_soc_driver);
+		return PTR_ERR(pdev);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
 device_initcall(imx8_soc_init);