1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
index b75db0186488..d4284458377e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
@@ -1973,7 +1973,8 @@ static int uvesafb_init(void)
                         err = -ENOMEM;
 
                 if (err) {
-                        platform_device_put(uvesafb_device);
+                        if (uvesafb_device)
+                                platform_device_put(uvesafb_device);
                         platform_driver_unregister(&uvesafb_driver);
                         cn_del_callback(&uvesafb_cn_id);
                         return err;