diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 6bee6af..0d3c29d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -987,6 +987,8 @@
 	device_remove_class_symlinks(dev);
  SymlinkError:
 	if (MAJOR(dev->devt))
+		devtmpfs_delete_node(dev);
+	if (MAJOR(dev->devt))
 		device_remove_sys_dev_entry(dev);
  devtattrError:
 	if (MAJOR(dev->devt))