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-rw-r--r--drivers/misc/enclosure.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/misc/enclosure.c b/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
index 48c84a58163e..00e5fcac8fdf 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/enclosure.c
@@ -285,8 +285,11 @@ enclosure_component_register(struct enclosure_device *edev,
cdev->groups = enclosure_groups;
err = device_register(cdev);
- if (err)
- ERR_PTR(err);
+ if (err) {
+ ecomp->number = -1;
+ put_device(cdev);
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+ }
return ecomp;
}