diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c b/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c
index 5f0366a125e2605b8c78f54c11004cd5ea37a533..0212f576a838ca2b4e798dc001345a449fa9ef80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c
@@ -1113,7 +1113,6 @@ static int ucc_hdlc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (register_hdlc_device(dev)) {
 		ret = -ENOBUFS;
 		pr_err("ucc_hdlc: unable to register hdlc device\n");
-		free_netdev(dev);
 		goto free_dev;
 	}