diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 855217f2a43f..2f8a03b28960 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5db1bc1892aa70d378ea7563852ae87f3772519b
+refs/heads/master: 865df9cb122d9e5ecbbb7056f2c9c64933bf8dd0
diff --git a/trunk/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/trunk/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 29046e750ad7..f7551c1c827c 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -1255,6 +1255,8 @@ static int soc_post_component_init(struct snd_soc_card *card,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rtd->dpcm[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].fe_clients);
 	ret = device_add(rtd->dev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
+		/* calling put_device() here to free the rtd->dev */
+		put_device(rtd->dev);
 		dev_err(card->dev,
 			"ASoC: failed to register runtime device: %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;