diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index fa2bd896eb208fa8a92732eb6a2accf3ee3a4732..86b1847761998bd45ee5ce39994d87803daf7b09 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -198,15 +198,13 @@ struct regmap *regmap_init(struct device *dev,
 	map->work_buf = kmalloc(map->format.buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (map->work_buf == NULL) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_bus;
+		goto err_map;
 	}
 
 	regmap_debugfs_init(map);
 
 	return map;
 
-err_bus:
-	module_put(map->bus->owner);
 err_map:
 	kfree(map);
 err:
@@ -221,7 +219,6 @@ void regmap_exit(struct regmap *map)
 {
 	regmap_debugfs_exit(map);
 	kfree(map->work_buf);
-	module_put(map->bus->owner);
 	kfree(map);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(regmap_exit);