1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/edac/i82875p_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i82875p_edac.c
index 7f909972fecd..ebb037b78758 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i82875p_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i82875p_edac.c
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ static struct pci_dev *mci_pdev;	/* init dev: in case that AGP code has
                                          * already registered driver
                                          */
 
-static int i82875p_registered = 1;
-
 static struct edac_pci_ctl_info *i82875p_pci;
 
 static void i82875p_get_error_info(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
@@ -410,6 +408,9 @@ static int i82875p_probe1(struct pci_dev *pdev, int dev_idx)
                 goto fail0;
         }
 
+        /* Keeps mci available after edac_mc_del_mc() till edac_mc_free() */
+        kobject_get(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
+
         debugf3("%s(): init mci\n", __func__);
         mci->dev = &pdev->dev;
         mci->mtype_cap = MEM_FLAG_DDR;
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ static int i82875p_probe1(struct pci_dev *pdev, int dev_idx)
         return 0;
 
 fail1:
+        kobject_put(&mci->edac_mci_kobj);
         edac_mc_free(mci);
 
 fail0:
@@ -579,12 +581,11 @@ static void __exit i82875p_exit(void)
 {
         debugf3("%s()\n", __func__);
 
+        i82875p_remove_one(mci_pdev);
+        pci_dev_put(mci_pdev);
+
         pci_unregister_driver(&i82875p_driver);
 
-        if (!i82875p_registered) {
-                i82875p_remove_one(mci_pdev);
-                pci_dev_put(mci_pdev);
-        }
 }
 
 module_init(i82875p_init);