diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5d85ff0729a5..9dd54bdbf116 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1f71740ab9714bf5ae9ee04c724ff0d5c67ca3dc
+refs/heads/master: 44c53c4ff01a3551e9d73604eba42e372e9d0c1a
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/base/class.c b/trunk/drivers/base/class.c
index f098881f45b2..8bf2ca2e56b5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ int class_register(struct class * cls)
 void class_unregister(struct class * cls)
 {
 	pr_debug("device class '%s': unregistering\n", cls->name);
+	if (cls->virtual_dir)
+		kobject_unregister(cls->virtual_dir);
 	remove_class_attrs(cls);
 	subsystem_unregister(&cls->subsys);
 }