1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index a082a2e34252..6ad2d3bb945c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -1153,7 +1153,14 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev, const struct tpm_vend
 
         spin_unlock(&driver_lock);
 
-        sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, chip->vendor.attr_group);
+        if (sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, chip->vendor.attr_group)) {
+                list_del(&chip->list);
+                put_device(dev);
+                clear_bit(chip->dev_num, dev_mask);
+                kfree(chip);
+                kfree(devname);
+                return NULL;
+        }
 
         chip->bios_dir = tpm_bios_log_setup(devname);