diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
index 1222522b4ae7..2b08fdeb87c1 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c
@@ -1683,6 +1683,7 @@ static int rio_mport_add_riodev(struct mport_cdev_priv *priv,
 	struct rio_dev *rdev;
 	struct rio_switch *rswitch = NULL;
 	struct rio_mport *mport;
+	struct device *dev;
 	size_t size;
 	u32 rval;
 	u32 swpinfo = 0;
@@ -1697,8 +1698,10 @@ static int rio_mport_add_riodev(struct mport_cdev_priv *priv,
 	rmcd_debug(RDEV, "name:%s ct:0x%x did:0x%x hc:0x%x", dev_info.name,
 		   dev_info.comptag, dev_info.destid, dev_info.hopcount);
 
-	if (bus_find_device_by_name(&rio_bus_type, NULL, dev_info.name)) {
+	dev = bus_find_device_by_name(&rio_bus_type, NULL, dev_info.name);
+	if (dev) {
 		rmcd_debug(RDEV, "device %s already exists", dev_info.name);
+		put_device(dev);
 		return -EEXIST;
 	}