diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-coh901331.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-coh901331.c
index 316f484999b5..80f9c88214c5 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-coh901331.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-coh901331.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ static int __init coh901331_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	clk_disable(rtap->clk);
 
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtap);
 	rtap->rtc = rtc_device_register("coh901331", &pdev->dev, &coh901331_ops,
 					 THIS_MODULE);
 	if (IS_ERR(rtap->rtc)) {
@@ -227,11 +228,10 @@ static int __init coh901331_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto out_no_rtc;
 	}
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, rtap);
-
 	return 0;
 
  out_no_rtc:
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
  out_no_clk_enable:
 	clk_put(rtap->clk);
  out_no_clk: