1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-r9701.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-r9701.c
index 9beba49c3c5b..2853c2a6f10f 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-r9701.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-r9701.c
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ static int __devinit r9701_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
         unsigned char tmp;
         int res;
 
+        tmp = R100CNT;
+        res = read_regs(&spi->dev, &tmp, 1);
+        if (res || tmp != 0x20) {
+                dev_err(&spi->dev, "cannot read RTC register\n");
+                return -ENODEV;
+        }
+
         rtc = rtc_device_register("r9701",
                                 &spi->dev, &r9701_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
         if (IS_ERR(rtc))
@@ -132,13 +139,6 @@ static int __devinit r9701_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 
         dev_set_drvdata(&spi->dev, rtc);
 
-        tmp = R100CNT;
-        res = read_regs(&spi->dev, &tmp, 1);
-        if (res || tmp != 0x20) {
-                rtc_device_unregister(rtc);
-                return res;
-        }
-
         return 0;
 }