diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 2c6910851755..351b40790c8f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 90158d84eb20fa15e3c8010b570f3ea2c925121d
+refs/heads/master: ab138c031f72f6d030afa1a06a3a537e85ae843e
diff --git a/trunk/arch/sparc/kernel/time.c b/trunk/arch/sparc/kernel/time.c
index 698c45059fa5..fa54d585f558 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/sparc/kernel/time.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/sparc/kernel/time.c
@@ -337,9 +337,12 @@ static int sbus_do_settimeofday(struct timespec *tv)
 static int set_rtc_mmss(unsigned long secs)
 {
 	struct rtc_device *rtc = rtc_class_open("rtc0");
+	int err = -1;
 
-	if (rtc)
-		return rtc_set_mmss(rtc, secs);
+	if (rtc) {
+		err = rtc_set_mmss(rtc, secs);
+		rtc_class_close(rtc);
+	}
 
-	return -1;
+	return err;
 }