backlight: core: Replace kfree with put_device

As per the comments on device_register, we shouldn't call kfree()
right after a device_register() failure. Instead call put_device(),
which in turn will call bl_device_release resulting in a kfree to the
full structure.

Signed-off-by: Levente Kurusa <levex@linux.com>
Acked-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index 5d05555fe841..20b276e1f894 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ struct backlight_device *backlight_device_register(const char *name,
 
         rc = device_register(&new_bd->dev);
         if (rc) {
-                kfree(new_bd);
+                put_device(&new_bd->dev);
                 return ERR_PTR(rc);
         }