diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 38114a8d56e00f471360ab400767dcb8ba8a1a7b..5bfd7c15d6a9d83d5ee7442003c3f969f2febd1b 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -5731,8 +5731,10 @@ static int qeth_core_set_online(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
 		if (rc)
 			goto err;
 		rc = card->discipline->setup(card->gdev);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc) {
+			qeth_core_free_discipline(card);
 			goto err;
+		}
 	}
 	rc = card->discipline->set_online(gdev);
 err:
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_sys.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_sys.c
index 75b29fd2fcf4eab64e82b23b1183fe88211d97ba..412ff61891ac0820d36650b232f4d80c97bdd8e7 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_sys.c
@@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ static ssize_t qeth_dev_layer2_store(struct device *dev,
 		goto out;
 
 	rc = card->discipline->setup(card->gdev);
+	if (rc)
+		qeth_core_free_discipline(card);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&card->discipline_mutex);
 	return rc ? rc : count;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
index 1b07f382d74c955974d138271bdce2bbbf594f63..2d2623182abf88fd19625b09348a3d06a28f4e98 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -883,8 +883,11 @@ static int qeth_l2_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 static int qeth_l2_probe_device(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
 {
 	struct qeth_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(&gdev->dev);
+	int rc;
 
-	qeth_l2_create_device_attributes(&gdev->dev);
+	rc = qeth_l2_create_device_attributes(&gdev->dev);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&card->vid_list);
 	hash_init(card->mac_htable);
 	card->options.layer2 = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 6e0354ef4b8629827e4c8ef40b9d569bc11e354b..ae70daf33bd53aef3c75717b73c860bdd9e8e262 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -3039,8 +3039,11 @@ static int qeth_l3_setup_netdev(struct qeth_card *card)
 static int qeth_l3_probe_device(struct ccwgroup_device *gdev)
 {
 	struct qeth_card *card = dev_get_drvdata(&gdev->dev);
+	int rc;
 
-	qeth_l3_create_device_attributes(&gdev->dev);
+	rc = qeth_l3_create_device_attributes(&gdev->dev);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 	card->options.layer2 = 0;
 	card->info.hwtrap = 0;
 	return 0;