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-rw-r--r--kernel/time/alarmtimer.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
index e5db9b0..c6027fe 100644
--- a/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/alarmtimer.c
@@ -675,8 +675,14 @@ static int __init alarmtimer_init_late(void)
/* Find an rtc device and init the rtc_timer */
dev = class_find_device(rtc_class, NULL, &str, has_wakealarm);
/* If we have a device then str is valid. See has_wakealarm() */
- if (dev)
+ if (dev) {
rtcdev = rtc_class_open(str);
+ /*
+ * Drop the reference we got in class_find_device,
+ * rtc_open takes its own.
+ */
+ put_device(dev);
+ }
if (!rtcdev) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "No RTC device found, ALARM timers will"
" not wake from suspend");