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-rw-r--r--drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index 5d05555fe841..20b276e1f894 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ struct backlight_device *backlight_device_register(const char *name,
rc = device_register(&new_bd->dev);
if (rc) {
- kfree(new_bd);
+ put_device(&new_bd->dev);
return ERR_PTR(rc);
}