1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
index 2d31f06a913e..f831b6465c60 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/device.c
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ static int io_subchannel_initialize_dev(struct subchannel *sch,
         /* Do first half of device_register. */
         device_initialize(&cdev->dev);
         if (!get_device(&sch->dev)) {
-                if (cdev->dev.release)
-                        cdev->dev.release(&cdev->dev);
+                /* Release reference from device_initialize(). */
+                put_device(&cdev->dev);
                 return -ENODEV;
         }
         return 0;