1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
index 0691176899ff..72e09eb642dd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/oprofile/common.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ static int op_create_counter(int cpu, int event)
         if (IS_ERR(pevent)) {
                 ret = PTR_ERR(pevent);
         } else if (pevent->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE) {
+                perf_event_release_kernel(pevent);
                 pr_warning("oprofile: failed to enable event %d "
                                 "on CPU %d\n", event, cpu);
                 ret = -EBUSY;
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
         ret = init_driverfs();
         if (ret) {
                 kfree(counter_config);
+                counter_config = NULL;
                 return ret;
         }
 
@@ -402,7 +404,6 @@ void oprofile_arch_exit(void)
         struct perf_event *event;
 
         if (*perf_events) {
-                exit_driverfs();
                 for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
                         for (id = 0; id < perf_num_counters; ++id) {
                                 event = perf_events[cpu][id];
@@ -413,8 +414,10 @@ void oprofile_arch_exit(void)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (counter_config)
+        if (counter_config) {
                 kfree(counter_config);
+                exit_driverfs();
+        }
 }
 #else
 int __init oprofile_arch_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)