2 files changed, 30 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c
index 917277d36605..0e7dcba8e4ae 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videobuf-dvb.c
@@ -296,29 +296,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(videobuf_dvb_register_bus);
 
 void videobuf_dvb_unregister_bus(struct videobuf_dvb_frontends *f)
 {
-        struct list_head *list, *q;
-        struct videobuf_dvb_frontend *fe;
-
-        mutex_lock(&f->lock);
-        list_for_each_safe(list, q, &f->felist) {
-                fe = list_entry(list, struct videobuf_dvb_frontend, felist);
-                if (fe->dvb.net.dvbdev) {
-                        dvb_net_release(&fe->dvb.net);
-                        fe->dvb.demux.dmx.remove_frontend(&fe->dvb.demux.dmx,
-                                &fe->dvb.fe_mem);
-                        fe->dvb.demux.dmx.remove_frontend(&fe->dvb.demux.dmx,
-                                &fe->dvb.fe_hw);
-                        dvb_dmxdev_release(&fe->dvb.dmxdev);
-                        dvb_dmx_release(&fe->dvb.demux);
-                        dvb_unregister_frontend(fe->dvb.frontend);
-                }
-                if (fe->dvb.frontend)
-                        /* always allocated, may have been reset */
-                        dvb_frontend_detach(fe->dvb.frontend);
-                list_del(list);
-                kfree(fe);
-        }
-        mutex_unlock(&f->lock);
+        videobuf_dvb_dealloc_frontends(f);
 
         dvb_unregister_adapter(&f->adapter);
 }
@@ -389,3 +367,31 @@ fail_alloc:
         return fe;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(videobuf_dvb_alloc_frontend);
+
+void videobuf_dvb_dealloc_frontends(struct videobuf_dvb_frontends *f)
+{
+        struct list_head *list, *q;
+        struct videobuf_dvb_frontend *fe;
+
+        mutex_lock(&f->lock);
+        list_for_each_safe(list, q, &f->felist) {
+                fe = list_entry(list, struct videobuf_dvb_frontend, felist);
+                if (fe->dvb.net.dvbdev) {
+                        dvb_net_release(&fe->dvb.net);
+                        fe->dvb.demux.dmx.remove_frontend(&fe->dvb.demux.dmx,
+                                &fe->dvb.fe_mem);
+                        fe->dvb.demux.dmx.remove_frontend(&fe->dvb.demux.dmx,
+                                &fe->dvb.fe_hw);
+                        dvb_dmxdev_release(&fe->dvb.dmxdev);
+                        dvb_dmx_release(&fe->dvb.demux);
+                        dvb_unregister_frontend(fe->dvb.frontend);
+                }
+                if (fe->dvb.frontend)
+                        /* always allocated, may have been reset */
+                        dvb_frontend_detach(fe->dvb.frontend);
+                list_del(list); /* remove list entry */
+                kfree(fe);      /* free frontend allocation */
+        }
+        mutex_unlock(&f->lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(videobuf_dvb_dealloc_frontends);
diff --git a/include/media/videobuf-dvb.h b/include/media/videobuf-dvb.h
index 80471c2b6343..6ba4f1271d23 100644
--- a/include/media/videobuf-dvb.h
+++ b/include/media/videobuf-dvb.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int videobuf_dvb_register_bus(struct videobuf_dvb_frontends *f,
 void videobuf_dvb_unregister_bus(struct videobuf_dvb_frontends *f);
 
 struct videobuf_dvb_frontend * videobuf_dvb_alloc_frontend(struct videobuf_dvb_frontends *f, int id);
+void videobuf_dvb_dealloc_frontends(struct videobuf_dvb_frontends *f);
 
 struct videobuf_dvb_frontend * videobuf_dvb_get_frontend(struct videobuf_dvb_frontends *f, int id);
 int videobuf_dvb_find_frontend(struct videobuf_dvb_frontends *f, struct dvb_frontend *p);