1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c
index 33921a6b1707..ede43b846859 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-m48t59.c
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@ static int __devinit m48t59_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
                 goto out;
         }
 
+        spin_lock_init(&m48t59->lock);
+        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, m48t59);
+
         m48t59->rtc = rtc_device_register(name, &pdev->dev, ops, THIS_MODULE);
         if (IS_ERR(m48t59->rtc)) {
                 ret = PTR_ERR(m48t59->rtc);
@@ -490,16 +493,14 @@ static int __devinit m48t59_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
         m48t59_nvram_attr.size = pdata->offset;
 
         ret = sysfs_create_bin_file(&pdev->dev.kobj, &m48t59_nvram_attr);
-        if (ret)
+        if (ret) {
+                rtc_device_unregister(m48t59->rtc);
                 goto out;
+        }
 
-        spin_lock_init(&m48t59->lock);
-        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, m48t59);
         return 0;
 
 out:
-        if (!IS_ERR(m48t59->rtc))
-                rtc_device_unregister(m48t59->rtc);
         if (m48t59->irq != NO_IRQ)
                 free_irq(m48t59->irq, &pdev->dev);
         if (m48t59->ioaddr)