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-rw-r--r--drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
index 785270ee337c..bcf01af3fa6a 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ 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;
}
}