diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
index e8beb8e..05dd307 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devres.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	/* Looks like an uninitialized device structure */
+	if (WARN_ON(dev->devres_head.next == NULL))
+		return -ENODEV;
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->devres_lock, flags);
 	return release_nodes(dev, dev->devres_head.next, &dev->devres_head,
 			     flags);