--- linux-2.5.47/drivers/char/scx200_wdt.c	Mon Nov 11 03:28:26 2002
+++ linux-2.5.47-chris/drivers/char/scx200_wdt.c	Sun Nov 17 19:27:32 2002
@@ -240,23 +240,28 @@
 	}
 
 	scx200_wdt_update_margin();
 	scx200_wdt_disable();
 
 	sema_init(&open_semaphore, 1);
 
 	r = misc_register(&scx200_wdt_miscdev);
-	if (r)
+	if (r) {
+		release_region(SCx200_CB_BASE + SCx200_WDT_OFFSET,
+				SCx200_WDT_SIZE);
 		return r;
+	}
 
 	r = register_reboot_notifier(&scx200_wdt_notifier);
         if (r) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR NAME ": unable to register reboot notifier");
 		misc_deregister(&scx200_wdt_miscdev);
+		release_region(SCx200_CB_BASE + SCx200_WDT_OFFSET,
+				SCx200_WDT_SIZE);
                 return r;
         }
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit scx200_wdt_cleanup(void)
 {