1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
index 5d5865204a1d..59b7bbad8394 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/srmcons.c
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ static const struct tty_operations srmcons_ops = {
 static int __init
 srmcons_init(void)
 {
-        tty_port_init(&srmcons_singleton.port);
         setup_timer(&srmcons_singleton.timer, srmcons_receive_chars,
                         (unsigned long)&srmcons_singleton);
         if (srm_is_registered_console) {
@@ -215,6 +214,9 @@ srmcons_init(void)
                 driver = alloc_tty_driver(MAX_SRM_CONSOLE_DEVICES);
                 if (!driver)
                         return -ENOMEM;
+
+                tty_port_init(&srmcons_singleton.port);
+
                 driver->driver_name = "srm";
                 driver->name = "srm";
                 driver->major = 0;      /* dynamic */
@@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ srmcons_init(void)
                 err = tty_register_driver(driver);
                 if (err) {
                         put_tty_driver(driver);
+                        tty_port_destroy(&srmcons_singleton.port);
                         return err;
                 }
                 srmcons_driver = driver;