1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
index 61a58259c93f..062c0ab3fe35 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
@@ -406,7 +406,6 @@ static int rtc_dev_add_device(struct class_device *class_dev,
         rtc->char_dev.owner = rtc->owner;
 
         if (cdev_add(&rtc->char_dev, MKDEV(MAJOR(rtc_devt), rtc->id), 1)) {
-                cdev_del(&rtc->char_dev);
                 dev_err(class_dev->dev,
                         "failed to add char device %d:%d\n",
                         MAJOR(rtc_devt), rtc->id);