1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c
index 226a0042d870..8a2fa0eb6602 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c
@@ -396,9 +396,12 @@ static unsigned long timer_ticks_per_nsec_quotient __read_mostly;
 int update_persistent_clock(struct timespec now)
 {
         struct rtc_device *rtc = rtc_class_open("rtc0");
+        int err;
 
-        if (rtc)
-                return rtc_set_mmss(rtc, now.tv_sec);
+        if (rtc) {
+                err = rtc_set_mmss(rtc, now.tv_sec);
+                rtc_class_close(rtc);
+        }
 
         return -1;
 }