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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index b8e66466184f..96ed343cf5c8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ void misc_deregister(struct miscdevice *misc)
list_del(&misc->list);
device_destroy(&misc_class, MKDEV(MISC_MAJOR, misc->minor));
misc_minor_free(misc->minor);
+ if (misc->minor > MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR)
+ misc->minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(misc_deregister);