1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index a2c31a5a677f..58d822d7e8da 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ static void gpiodevice_release(struct device *dev)
 {
         struct gpio_device *gdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-        cdev_del(&gdev->chrdev);
         list_del(&gdev->list);
         ida_simple_remove(&gpio_ida, gdev->id);
         kfree(gdev->label);
@@ -482,7 +481,6 @@ static int gpiochip_setup_dev(struct gpio_device *gdev)
 
         /* From this point, the .release() function cleans up gpio_device */
         gdev->dev.release = gpiodevice_release;
-        get_device(&gdev->dev);
         pr_debug("%s: registered GPIOs %d to %d on device: %s (%s)\n",
                  __func__, gdev->base, gdev->base + gdev->ngpio - 1,
                  dev_name(&gdev->dev), gdev->chip->label ? : "generic");
@@ -770,6 +768,8 @@ void gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip)
          * be removed, else it will be dangling until the last user is
          * gone.
          */
+        cdev_del(&gdev->chrdev);
+        device_del(&gdev->dev);
         put_device(&gdev->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_remove);