diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b0346d1eedb0..fedbbd227201 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 33be081a812098567898bbe23b581460331a986f
+refs/heads/master: 4afe2156eb639e563d6ef0c2706b66ea400348b2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c b/trunk/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c
index 6e15ef08f301..cbd388eea682 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ static int usb_8dev_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	err = usb_8dev_cmd_version(priv, &version);
 	if (err) {
 		netdev_err(netdev, "can't get firmware version\n");
-		goto cleanup_cmd_msg_buffer;
+		goto cleanup_unregister_candev;
 	} else {
 		netdev_info(netdev,
 			 "firmware: %d.%d, hardware: %d.%d\n",
@@ -989,6 +989,9 @@ static int usb_8dev_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 	return 0;
 
+cleanup_unregister_candev:
+	unregister_netdev(priv->netdev);
+
 cleanup_cmd_msg_buffer:
 	kfree(priv->cmd_msg_buffer);