1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 96eb2a709e21..71e513771048 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
 {
         struct miscdevice *c;
         dev_t dev;
-        int err;
+        int err = 0;
 
         down(&misc_sem);
         list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
@@ -241,13 +241,6 @@ int misc_register(struct miscdevice * misc)
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        err = devfs_mk_cdev(dev, S_IFCHR|S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP, 
-                            misc->devfs_name);
-        if (err) {
-                class_device_destroy(misc_class, dev);
-                goto out;
-        }
-
         /*
          * Add it to the front, so that later devices can "override"
          * earlier defaults