if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
to give up the reference initialized.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav...@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c 
b/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c
index 348836b..98922e7 100644
--- a/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c
+++ b/drivers/sh/superhyway/superhyway.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ int superhyway_add_device(unsigned long base, struct 
superhyway_device *sdev,
                          struct superhyway_bus *bus)
 {
        struct superhyway_device *dev = sdev;
+       int ret;
 
        if (!dev) {
                dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct superhyway_device), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -87,7 +88,11 @@ int superhyway_add_device(unsigned long base, struct 
superhyway_device *sdev,
 
        superhyway_devices++;
 
-       return device_register(&dev->dev);
+       ret = device_register(&dev->dev);
+       if (ret)
+               put_device(&dev->dev);
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 int superhyway_add_devices(struct superhyway_bus *bus,
@@ -110,8 +115,10 @@ static int __init superhyway_init(void)
        int ret;
 
        ret = device_register(&superhyway_bus_device);
-       if (unlikely(ret))
+       if (unlikely(ret)) {
+               put_device(&superhyway_bus_device);
                return ret;
+       }
 
        for (bus = superhyway_channels; bus->ops; bus++)
                ret |= superhyway_scan_bus(bus);
-- 
1.9.1

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