1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/pti.c b/drivers/misc/pti.c
index bb6f9255c17..374dfcfccd0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/pti.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/pti.c
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pti_request_masterchannel);
  *                              a master, channel ID address
  *                              used to write to PTI HW.
  *
- * @mc: master, channel apeture ID address to be released.
+ * @mc: master, channel apeture ID address to be released.  This
+ *      will de-allocate the structure via kfree().
  */
 void pti_release_masterchannel(struct pti_masterchannel *mc)
 {
@@ -475,8 +476,10 @@ static int pti_tty_install(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
                 else
                         pti_tty_data->mc = pti_request_masterchannel(2);
 
-                if (pti_tty_data->mc == NULL)
+                if (pti_tty_data->mc == NULL) {
+                        kfree(pti_tty_data);
                         return -ENXIO;
+                }
                 tty->driver_data = pti_tty_data;
         }
 
@@ -495,7 +498,7 @@ static void pti_tty_cleanup(struct tty_struct *tty)
         if (pti_tty_data == NULL)
                 return;
         pti_release_masterchannel(pti_tty_data->mc);
-        kfree(tty->driver_data);
+        kfree(pti_tty_data);
         tty->driver_data = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -581,7 +584,7 @@ static int pti_char_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 static int pti_char_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
         pti_release_masterchannel(filp->private_data);
-        kfree(filp->private_data);
+        filp->private_data = NULL;
         return 0;
 }