diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-crc.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-crc.c
index 7101c7020bf4..bd0ebd04856a 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-crc.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-crc.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int crc_pwm_config(struct pwm_chip *c, struct pwm_device *pwm,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (pwm->period != period_ns) {
+	if (pwm_get_period(pwm) != period_ns) {
 		int clk_div;
 
 		/* changing the clk divisor, need to disable fisrt */
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpc18xx-sct.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpc18xx-sct.c
index 9861fed4e67d..19dc64cab2f0 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpc18xx-sct.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-lpc18xx-sct.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int lpc18xx_pwm_enable(struct pwm_chip *chip, struct pwm_device *pwm)
 			   LPC18XX_PWM_EVSTATEMSK(lpc18xx_data->duty_event),
 			   LPC18XX_PWM_EVSTATEMSK_ALL);
 
-	if (pwm->polarity == PWM_POLARITY_NORMAL) {
+	if (pwm_get_polarity(pwm) == PWM_POLARITY_NORMAL) {
 		set_event = lpc18xx_pwm->period_event;
 		clear_event = lpc18xx_data->duty_event;
 		res_action = LPC18XX_PWM_RES_SET;
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c
index b7e6ecba7d5c..3e95090cd7cf 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_config(struct pwm_chip *chip,
 		load_value, load_value,	match_value, match_value);
 
 	omap->pdata->set_pwm(omap->dm_timer,
-			      pwm->polarity == PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED,
+			      pwm_get_polarity(pwm) == PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED,
 			      true,
 			      PWM_OMAP_DMTIMER_TRIGGER_OVERFLOW_AND_COMPARE);
 
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
index 67af9f62361f..03a99a53c39e 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-sun4i.c
@@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ static int sun4i_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	val = sun4i_pwm_readl(pwm, PWM_CTRL_REG);
 	for (i = 0; i < pwm->chip.npwm; i++)
 		if (!(val & BIT_CH(PWM_ACT_STATE, i)))
-			pwm->chip.pwms[i].polarity = PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED;
+			pwm_set_polarity(&pwm->chip.pwms[i],
+					 PWM_POLARITY_INVERSED);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(pwm->clk);
 
 	return 0;