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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c b/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c
index b40bf2306fb..f0703d8bc3e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/saa7146_fops.c
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ int saa7146_register_device(struct video_device **vid, struct saa7146_dev* dev,
// fixme: -1 should be an insmod parameter *for the extension* (like "video_nr");
if (video_register_device(vfd, type, -1) < 0) {
ERR(("cannot register v4l2 device. skipping.\n"));
+ video_device_release(vfd);
return -1;
}