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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/core.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 67b79a7592a9..7d10d676ab03 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ static void device_release(struct kobject * kobj)
{
struct device * dev = to_dev(kobj);
+ kfree(dev->devt_attr);
+ dev->devt_attr = NULL;
+
if (dev->release)
dev->release(dev);
else if (dev->class && dev->class->dev_release)
@@ -650,10 +653,8 @@ void device_del(struct device * dev)
if (parent)
klist_del(&dev->knode_parent);
- if (dev->devt_attr) {
+ if (dev->devt_attr)
device_remove_file(dev, dev->devt_attr);
- kfree(dev->devt_attr);
- }
if (dev->class) {
sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
/* If this is not a "fake" compatible device, remove the