diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-gpio.c b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-gpio.c
index 922e8233fd0b88dbed55c284342edfa7c9b23cf0..3f364b7062b915445bf952b84dc1a64950b2ba02 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/bt8xx/bttv-gpio.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int bttv_sub_add_device(struct bttv_core *core, char *name)
 
 	err = device_register(&sub->dev);
 	if (0 != err) {
-		kfree(sub);
+		put_device(&sub->dev);
 		return err;
 	}
 	pr_info("%d: add subdevice \"%s\"\n", core->nr, dev_name(&sub->dev));