diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3486d7cd06cf..a8a91da722b8 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d7c7ef908b6497bb871e2e113e66e8fb0f757543
+refs/heads/master: 59cca865f21e9e7beab73fcf79ba4eb776a4c228
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/rtc/class.c b/trunk/drivers/rtc/class.c
index 565562ba6ac9..e6539cbabb35 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/rtc/class.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/rtc/class.c
@@ -158,8 +158,10 @@ struct rtc_device *rtc_device_register(const char *name, struct device *dev,
 	rtc_dev_prepare(rtc);
 
 	err = device_register(&rtc->dev);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		put_device(&rtc->dev);
 		goto exit_kfree;
+	}
 
 	rtc_dev_add_device(rtc);
 	rtc_sysfs_add_device(rtc);