diff --git a/drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c b/drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c
index 2c9295953c11..ecd26271b9a4 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/kempld-core.c
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ static const struct kempld_platform_data kempld_platform_data_generic = {
 };
 
 static struct platform_device *kempld_pdev;
-static bool kempld_acpi_mode;
 
 static int kempld_create_platform_device(const struct dmi_system_id *id)
 {
@@ -501,8 +500,6 @@ static int kempld_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		ret = kempld_get_acpi_data(pdev);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-
-		kempld_acpi_mode = true;
 	} else if (kempld_pdev != pdev) {
 		/*
 		 * The platform device we are probing is not the one we
@@ -565,7 +562,6 @@ static struct platform_driver kempld_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "kempld",
 		.acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(kempld_acpi_table),
-		.probe_type = PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS,
 	},
 	.probe		= kempld_probe,
 	.remove		= kempld_remove,
@@ -884,7 +880,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(dmi, kempld_dmi_table);
 static int __init kempld_init(void)
 {
 	const struct dmi_system_id *id;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (force_device_id[0]) {
 		for (id = kempld_dmi_table;
@@ -894,24 +889,11 @@ static int __init kempld_init(void)
 					break;
 		if (id->matches[0].slot == DMI_NONE)
 			return -ENODEV;
+	} else {
+		dmi_check_system(kempld_dmi_table);
 	}
 
-	ret = platform_driver_register(&kempld_driver);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * With synchronous probing the device should already be probed now.
-	 * If no device id is forced and also no ACPI definition for the
-	 * device was found, scan DMI table as fallback.
-	 *
-	 * If drivers_autoprobing is disabled and the device is found here,
-	 * only that device can be bound manually later.
-	 */
-	if (!kempld_pdev && !kempld_acpi_mode)
-		dmi_check_system(kempld_dmi_table);
-
-	return 0;
+	return platform_driver_register(&kempld_driver);
 }
 
 static void __exit kempld_exit(void)