If device_register() fails then call put_device(). See comment to device_register. Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@xxxxxxxxx> --- compile tested. drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c b/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c index c00fe82..4303b7e 100644 --- a/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c +++ b/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c @@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ static void memstick_check(struct work_struct *work) if (!host->card) { host->card = card; if (device_register(&card->dev)) { + put_device(&card->dev); kfree(host->card); host->card = NULL; } -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html