diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b1da709fc87c..ce5ff57e4a15 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d153ba64450b9371158c6516d6cac120faace44c
+refs/heads/master: e254811c205ec539b648cff54a7852ee8dcd2e5e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/trunk/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 21da9c19a0cb..649550e2cae9 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -1281,6 +1281,9 @@ int gpio_request_one(unsigned gpio, unsigned long flags, const char *label)
 		err = gpio_direction_output(gpio,
 				(flags & GPIOF_INIT_HIGH) ? 1 : 0);
 
+	if (err)
+		gpio_free(gpio);
+
 	return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpio_request_one);