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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/cpu.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index d21a2d913107..2da998baa75c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ int register_cpu(struct cpu *cpu, int num)
if (cpu->hotpluggable)
cpu->dev.groups = hotplugable_cpu_attr_groups;
error = device_register(&cpu->dev);
- if (error)
+ if (error) {
+ put_device(&cpu->dev);
return error;
+ }
per_cpu(cpu_sys_devices, num) = &cpu->dev;
register_cpu_under_node(num, cpu_to_node(num));