[PATCH] PNP: add put_device() in pnpbios_init()

If pnp_register_protocol() fails, call put_device() to drop the device reference.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li lihaoxiang@isrc.iscas.ac.cn --- drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c index f7e86ae9f72f..997e0153d6e3 100644 --- a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c +++ b/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c @@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ static int __init pnpbios_init(void) /* register with the pnp layer */ ret = pnp_register_protocol(&pnpbios_protocol); if (ret) { + put_device(&pnpbios_protocol.dev) printk(KERN_ERR "PnPBIOS: Unable to register driver. Aborting.\n"); return ret;