diff --git a/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx.c b/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx.c
index be0053c795b7acc3d4a9e4321e051304af69f9ff..937f4e732a75c7b13a01518a09ac5d54bae5a3dc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rts5208/rtsx.c
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ static int rtsx_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
 	kfree(dev->chip);
 chip_alloc_fail:
 	dev_err(&pci->dev, "%s failed\n", __func__);
+	scsi_host_put(host);
 scsi_host_alloc_fail:
 	pci_release_regions(pci);
 	return err;