diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index 7481955160a44e418ee7ff3dbde28d1ef6d030fa..20374b8248f087e343738bee152a8b34e746d6d6 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -1075,14 +1075,14 @@ int __init edac_mc_sysfs_init(void)
 
 	err = device_add(mci_pdev);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto out_dev_free;
+		goto out_put_device;
 
 	edac_dbg(0, "device %s created\n", dev_name(mci_pdev));
 
 	return 0;
 
- out_dev_free:
-	kfree(mci_pdev);
+ out_put_device:
+	put_device(mci_pdev);
  out:
 	return err;
 }