1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c b/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c
index c20a4fe6da51..d1a142fa3eb4 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/vmlogrdr.c
@@ -765,8 +765,10 @@ static int vmlogrdr_register_device(struct vmlogrdr_priv_t *priv)
         } else
                 return -ENOMEM;
         ret = device_register(dev);
-        if (ret)
+        if (ret) {
+                put_device(dev);
                 return ret;
+        }
 
         ret = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, &vmlogrdr_attr_group);
         if (ret) {