diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9d87a53c3112..a00f3a1ea0c4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c131993b4cbfb6d564619e609b3d0b471ec52c5d
+refs/heads/master: a60ebc52cbfafc291c6b0b89e41ecaf3685c8e2a
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simscsi.c b/trunk/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simscsi.c
index e62694f8ef75..a43e1e1822ad 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simscsi.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/ia64/hp/sim/simscsi.c
@@ -373,8 +373,13 @@ simscsi_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	error = scsi_add_host(host, NULL);
-	if (!error)
-		scsi_scan_host(host);
+	if (error)
+		goto free_host;
+	scsi_scan_host(host);
+	return 0;
+
+ free_host:
+	scsi_host_put(host);
 	return error;
 }