Merge branch 'merge'

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/sp887x.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/sp887x.c
index b0a2b02f6608..5c2f8f4e0ae5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/sp887x.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/sp887x.c
@@ -520,9 +520,9 @@ static int sp887x_init(struct dvb_frontend* fe)
                 }
 
                 ret = sp887x_initial_setup(fe, fw);
+                release_firmware(fw);
                 if (ret) {
                         printk("sp887x: writing firmware to device failed\n");
-                        release_firmware(fw);
                         return ret;
                 }
                 printk("sp887x: firmware upload complete\n");