diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 89a3e946b8e8..ac66fd7d5392 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bc835d80d9cd912cfa8beb6ad4549cd8160d3601
+refs/heads/master: a2a9b1eceb50993ef9e126dffc2f678fd6602158
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c b/trunk/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c
index b40bf2306fbc..f0703d8bc3e8 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ int saa7146_register_device(struct video_device **vid, struct saa7146_dev* dev,
 	// fixme: -1 should be an insmod parameter *for the extension* (like "video_nr");
 	if (video_register_device(vfd, type, -1) < 0) {
 		ERR(("cannot register v4l2 device. skipping.\n"));
+		video_device_release(vfd);
 		return -1;
 	}