diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index 148533169b1d..ca98276c2709 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -2433,9 +2433,11 @@ static int afiucv_iucv_init(void)
 	af_iucv_dev->driver = &af_iucv_driver;
 	err = device_register(af_iucv_dev);
 	if (err)
-		goto out_driver;
+		goto out_iucv_dev;
 	return 0;
 
+out_iucv_dev:
+	put_device(af_iucv_dev);
 out_driver:
 	driver_unregister(&af_iucv_driver);
 out_iucv: