diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c956bb0ba59f..1b757bf81103 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 62f5ad6733b872e14d671b615850eb5bd1cd7e30
+refs/heads/master: db1e18de98c8bdf8a2bfc07623ff67621aa4a332
diff --git a/trunk/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c b/trunk/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c
index e3c4bbfaae27..f0c11138e610 100644
--- a/trunk/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c
+++ b/trunk/sound/soc/codecs/wm8940.c
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ static void wm8940_unregister(struct wm8940_priv *wm8940)
 static int wm8940_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 			    const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 {
+	int ret;
 	struct wm8940_priv *wm8940;
 	struct snd_soc_codec *codec;
 
@@ -858,7 +859,11 @@ static int wm8940_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	codec->control_data = i2c;
 	codec->dev = &i2c->dev;
 
-	return wm8940_register(wm8940, SND_SOC_I2C);
+	ret = wm8940_register(wm8940, SND_SOC_I2C);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		kfree(wm8940);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int __devexit wm8940_i2c_remove(struct i2c_client *client)