1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/watchdog/ibmasr.c b/drivers/char/watchdog/ibmasr.c
index 8195f5023d85..94155f6136c2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/watchdog/ibmasr.c
+++ b/drivers/char/watchdog/ibmasr.c
@@ -367,18 +367,17 @@ static int __init ibmasr_init(void)
         if (!asr_type)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
+        rc = asr_get_base_address();
+        if (rc)
+                return rc;
+
         rc = misc_register(&asr_miscdev);
         if (rc < 0) {
+                release_region(asr_base, asr_length);
                 printk(KERN_ERR PFX "failed to register misc device\n");
                 return rc;
         }
 
-        rc = asr_get_base_address();
-        if (rc) {
-                misc_deregister(&asr_miscdev);
-                return rc;
-        }
-
         return 0;
 }