watchdog: sch311x_wdt.c: set parent before registeriing the misc device in probe() function
Set the paranet of the misc_device before we register the misc_device.
Reported-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Wim Van sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
index 9c40f48..0461858 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sch311x_wdt.c
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@
val = therm_trip ? 0x06 : 0x04;
outb(val, sch311x_wdt_data.runtime_reg + RESGEN);
+ sch311x_wdt_miscdev.parent = dev;
+
err = misc_register(&sch311x_wdt_miscdev);
if (err != 0) {
dev_err(dev, "cannot register miscdev on minor=%d (err=%d)\n",
@@ -432,8 +434,6 @@
goto exit_release_region3;
}
- sch311x_wdt_miscdev.parent = dev;
-
dev_info(dev,
"SMSC SCH311x WDT initialized. timeout=%d sec (nowayout=%d)\n",
timeout, nowayout);
