diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1e25d64d216c..03e2604b71ec 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4cdc1d1fa5c5ac14dc21be19832f02fd0b83867e
+refs/heads/master: d478376cb0dc9ab16a2b6e02fd8cd1174e724c64
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/driver.c b/trunk/drivers/base/driver.c
index bf31a0170a48..9a6537f14401 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/driver.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/driver.c
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ int driver_add_kobj(struct device_driver *drv, struct kobject *kobj,
 {
 	va_list args;
 	char *name;
+	int ret;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 	name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, args);
@@ -141,7 +142,9 @@ int driver_add_kobj(struct device_driver *drv, struct kobject *kobj,
 	if (!name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	return kobject_add(kobj, &drv->p->kobj, "%s", name);
+	ret = kobject_add(kobj, &drv->p->kobj, "%s", name);
+	kfree(name);
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(driver_add_kobj);