diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index 46417468558945921e52cba2c997229bb87694aa..9b7d396f26e92ef3de8aa229951ba2d31a6b97d0 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ static inline int nr_pages_per_csrow(struct csrow_info *csrow)
 static int edac_create_csrow_object(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 				    struct csrow_info *csrow, int index)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	csrow->dev.type = &csrow_attr_type;
 	csrow->dev.groups = csrow_dev_groups;
 	device_initialize(&csrow->dev);
@@ -415,7 +417,11 @@ static int edac_create_csrow_object(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 	edac_dbg(0, "creating (virtual) csrow node %s\n",
 		 dev_name(&csrow->dev));
 
-	return device_add(&csrow->dev);
+	err = device_add(&csrow->dev);
+	if (err)
+		put_device(&csrow->dev);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 /* Create a CSROW object under specifed edac_mc_device */