diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index de0c9bd975d5..120216cd78a6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 41ca73229809eb3d173e316d11d3943d49924209
+refs/heads/master: 2571cd6a8e07a13fd3ac77f5e2c5470966d6f9c9
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_console.c b/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
index fd64137b1ab9..ec7aded0a2df 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
@@ -819,11 +819,11 @@ static int hvc_init(void)
 	hvc_driver = drv;
 	return 0;
 
-put_tty:
-	put_tty_driver(hvc_driver);
 stop_thread:
 	kthread_stop(hvc_task);
 	hvc_task = NULL;
+put_tty:
+	put_tty_driver(drv);
 out:
 	return err;
 }