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-rw-r--r--src/drivers/hmc5883/hmc5883.cpp9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/drivers/hmc5883/hmc5883.cpp b/src/drivers/hmc5883/hmc5883.cpp
index 4aef43102..03a7e6f37 100644
--- a/src/drivers/hmc5883/hmc5883.cpp
+++ b/src/drivers/hmc5883/hmc5883.cpp
@@ -1341,8 +1341,8 @@ namespace hmc5883
#endif
const int ERROR = -1;
-HMC5883 *g_dev_int;
-HMC5883 *g_dev_ext;
+HMC5883 *g_dev_int = nullptr;
+HMC5883 *g_dev_ext = nullptr;
void start(int bus, enum Rotation rotation);
void test(int bus);
@@ -1378,6 +1378,11 @@ start(int bus, enum Rotation rotation)
errx(0, "already started internal");
g_dev_int = new HMC5883(PX4_I2C_BUS_ONBOARD, HMC5883L_DEVICE_PATH_INT, rotation);
if (g_dev_int != nullptr && OK != g_dev_int->init()) {
+
+ /* tear down the failing onboard instance */
+ delete g_dev_int;
+ g_dev_int = nullptr;
+
if (bus == PX4_I2C_BUS_ONBOARD) {
goto fail;
}