1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock_ro.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock_ro.c
index 852165f8b1c3..d0d3f79f9d03 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock_ro.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock_ro.c
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ static void mtdblock_add_mtd(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr, struct mtd_info *mtd)
         dev->tr = tr;
         dev->readonly = 1;
 
-        add_mtd_blktrans_dev(dev);
+        if (add_mtd_blktrans_dev(dev))
+                kfree(dev);
 }
 
 static void mtdblock_remove_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev)
 {
         del_mtd_blktrans_dev(dev);
-        kfree(dev);
 }
 
 static struct mtd_blktrans_ops mtdblock_tr = {