diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index aa2a9196749b..1e075c37b0f7 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5063557ac0e83a52182fd0d49e83cc770e52ccd1
+refs/heads/master: 5f07809e93b4c05516d85a3f2770b1a77115eb70
diff --git a/trunk/arch/arm/mach-rpc/ecard.c b/trunk/arch/arm/mach-rpc/ecard.c
index b91bc87b3dcf..fcb1d59f7aec 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/arm/mach-rpc/ecard.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/arm/mach-rpc/ecard.c
@@ -960,7 +960,9 @@ static int __init ecard_probe(int slot, unsigned irq, card_type_t type)
 	*ecp = ec;
 	slot_to_expcard[slot] = ec;
 
-	device_register(&ec->dev);
+	rc = device_register(&ec->dev);
+	if (rc)
+		goto nodev;
 
 	return 0;