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-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index b535f5fa279b..c2065615fd6c 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -991,8 +991,10 @@ static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
wd_data->wdd = wdd;
wdd->wd_data = wd_data;
- if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(watchdog_kworker))
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(watchdog_kworker)) {
+ kfree(wd_data);
return -ENODEV;
+ }
device_initialize(&wd_data->dev);
wd_data->dev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(watchdog_devt), wdd->id);
@@ -1018,7 +1020,7 @@ static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
pr_err("%s: a legacy watchdog module is probably present.\n",
wdd->info->identity);
old_wd_data = NULL;
- kfree(wd_data);
+ put_device(&wd_data->dev);
return err;
}
}