From: Zheng Bin <zhengbin13@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 106101303eda8f93c65158e5d72b2cc6088ed034 ] softsynth_probe misses a call misc_deregister() in an error path, this patch fixes that. Signed-off-by: Zheng Bin <zhengbin13@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220511032937.2736738-1-zhengbin13@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_soft.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_soft.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_soft.c index 19824e7006fe..786dc5d080f3 100644 --- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_soft.c +++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/speakup_soft.c @@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ static int softsynth_probe(struct spk_synth *synth) synthu_device.name = "softsynthu"; synthu_device.fops = &softsynthu_fops; if (misc_register(&synthu_device)) { + misc_deregister(&synth_device); pr_warn("Couldn't initialize miscdevice /dev/softsynthu.\n"); return -ENODEV; } -- 2.35.1