1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c b/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
index 8c36eafcfbfe..87dff11061b0 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/netiucv.c
@@ -1839,9 +1839,10 @@ static int netiucv_register_device(struct net_device *ndev)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         ret = device_register(dev);
-
-        if (ret)
+        if (ret) {
+                put_device(dev);
                 return ret;
+        }
         ret = netiucv_add_files(dev);
         if (ret)
                 goto out_unreg;
@@ -2226,8 +2227,10 @@ static int __init netiucv_init(void)
         netiucv_dev->release = (void (*)(struct device *))kfree;
         netiucv_dev->driver = &netiucv_driver;
         rc = device_register(netiucv_dev);
-        if (rc)
+        if (rc) {
+                put_device(netiucv_dev);
                 goto out_driver;
+        }
         netiucv_banner();
         return rc;