1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
index 764ec05ea3e..91683e6e7af 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
@@ -602,11 +602,11 @@ static struct virtio_config_ops virtio_pci_config_ops = {
 
 static void virtio_pci_release_dev(struct device *_d)
 {
-        struct virtio_device *dev = container_of(_d, struct virtio_device,
-                                                 dev);
-        struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(dev);
-
-        kfree(vp_dev);
+        /*
+         * No need for a release method as we allocate/free
+         * all devices together with the pci devices.
+         * Provide an empty one to avoid getting a warning from core.
+         */
 }
 
 /* the PCI probing function */
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ static void __devexit virtio_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
         pci_iounmap(pci_dev, vp_dev->ioaddr);
         pci_release_regions(pci_dev);
         pci_disable_device(pci_dev);
+        kfree(vp_dev);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM