1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c b/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c
index 3e5f304ad88f..40002830d48a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/chp.c
@@ -417,7 +417,8 @@ int chp_new(struct chp_id chpid)
         if (ret) {
                 CIO_MSG_EVENT(0, "Could not register chp%x.%02x: %d\n",
                               chpid.cssid, chpid.id, ret);
-                goto out_free;
+                put_device(&chp->dev);
+                goto out;
         }
         ret = sysfs_create_group(&chp->dev.kobj, &chp_attr_group);
         if (ret) {