1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
index 67302b944ab3..16e4a25596e7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c
@@ -1183,8 +1183,12 @@ static void ap_scan_bus(struct work_struct *unused)
                 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ap_dev->list);
                 setup_timer(&ap_dev->timeout, ap_request_timeout,
                             (unsigned long) ap_dev);
-                if (device_type == 0)
-                        ap_probe_device_type(ap_dev);
+                if (device_type == 0) {
+                        if (ap_probe_device_type(ap_dev)) {
+                                kfree(ap_dev);
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                }
                 else
                         ap_dev->device_type = device_type;