diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f0ad64f1ea4e..6a1a3b1ae183 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 25353b3377d5a75d4b830477bb90a3691155de72
+refs/heads/master: 668f06b9fb846ecedb73964ca5dd95ce441707be
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/pps/pps.c b/trunk/drivers/pps/pps.c
index 98fbe62694d4..e771487132f7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/pps/pps.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/pps/pps.c
@@ -327,8 +327,10 @@ int pps_register_cdev(struct pps_device *pps)
 	}
 	pps->dev = device_create(pps_class, pps->info.dev, devt, pps,
 							"pps%d", pps->id);
-	if (IS_ERR(pps->dev))
+	if (IS_ERR(pps->dev)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(pps->dev);
 		goto del_cdev;
+	}
 
 	pps->dev->release = pps_device_destruct;