diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
index de0dd7b..bcae8dd 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-omap.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
 	return 0;
 
 fail2:
-	free_irq(omap_rtc_timer, NULL);
+	free_irq(omap_rtc_timer, rtc);
 fail1:
 	rtc_device_unregister(rtc);
 fail0: