diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 92022b1d6880..8f321d08ccc6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: af23782beff27e720318fc44495287b9961a88e1
+refs/heads/master: e3f2a9cc84d35fac73c906de57ad3b3f5ff82008
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/scsi/st.c b/trunk/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 03303ae44434..492b53b6e51d 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -4156,6 +4156,7 @@ static int st_probe(struct device *dev)
 				printk(KERN_ERR
 				       "st%d: out of memory. Device not attached.\n",
 				       dev_num);
+				cdev_del(cdev);
 				goto out_free_tape;
 			}
 			cdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
@@ -4194,17 +4195,13 @@ static int st_probe(struct device *dev)
 				  "tape");
 		for (j=0; j < 2; j++) {
 			if (STm->cdevs[j]) {
-				if (cdev == STm->cdevs[j])
-					cdev = NULL;
-					device_destroy(&st_sysfs_class,
-						       MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR,
-							     TAPE_MINOR(i, mode, j)));
+				device_destroy(&st_sysfs_class,
+					       MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR,
+						     TAPE_MINOR(i, mode, j)));
 				cdev_del(STm->cdevs[j]);
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if (cdev)
-		cdev_del(cdev);
 	write_lock(&st_dev_arr_lock);
 	scsi_tapes[dev_num] = NULL;
 	st_nr_dev--;