diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c b/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c
index dd8237324c09429ab0f54ab424c9fe829c210be8..63b42252166a744fc2275b0b538a69bd4232f98d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/ite-cir.c
@@ -1613,6 +1613,7 @@ static int ite_probe(struct pnp_dev *pdev, const struct pnp_device_id
 	release_region(itdev->cir_addr, itdev->params.io_region_size);
 exit_unregister_device:
 	rc_unregister_device(rdev);
+	rdev = NULL;
 exit_free_dev_rdev:
 	rc_free_device(rdev);
 	kfree(itdev);