diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 7458df4b6854..3090c8dea2a6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -2592,8 +2592,10 @@ static int comedi_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	}
 
 	cfp = kzalloc(sizeof(*cfp), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cfp)
+	if (!cfp) {
+		comedi_dev_put(dev);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	cfp->dev = dev;