diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-msm6242.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-msm6242.c
index 67820626e18fa7fe4f7d889c614336db2533f5c7..fcb113c11122b7a762abd88f700bd53dc1713a15 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-msm6242.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-msm6242.c
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ static int __init msm6242_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_free_priv;
 	}
+	platform_set_drvdata(dev, priv);
 
 	rtc = rtc_device_register("rtc-msm6242", &dev->dev, &msm6242_rtc_ops,
 				  THIS_MODULE);
@@ -223,10 +224,10 @@ static int __init msm6242_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	priv->rtc = rtc;
-	platform_set_drvdata(dev, priv);
 	return 0;
 
 out_unmap:
+	platform_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 	iounmap(priv->regs);
 out_free_priv:
 	kfree(priv);