diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 97ac219c082e7ef78993084ffcc8c9e98abaaac4..8e00b13d74077b2577f2ffccadd0345b44573cf9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -567,8 +567,10 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	dev_set_drvdata(&mtd->dev, mtd);
 	of_node_get(mtd_get_of_node(mtd));
 	error = device_register(&mtd->dev);
-	if (error)
+	if (error) {
+		put_device(&mtd->dev);
 		goto fail_added;
+	}
 
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dfs_dir_mtd)) {
 		mtd->dbg.dfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(&mtd->dev), dfs_dir_mtd);