diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 86dbb366415a14a76b3961180cd3f14176f911cc..43d9a5b53e8d3a9d9bb7dcfee6ac95626749844f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -613,14 +613,19 @@ static struct mmc_driver mmc_driver = {
 
 static int __init mmc_blk_init(void)
 {
-	int res = -ENOMEM;
+	int res;
 
 	res = register_blkdev(MMC_BLOCK_MAJOR, "mmc");
 	if (res)
 		goto out;
 
-	return mmc_register_driver(&mmc_driver);
+	res = mmc_register_driver(&mmc_driver);
+	if (res)
+		goto out2;
 
+	return 0;
+ out2:
+	unregister_blkdev(MMC_BLOCK_MAJOR, "mmc");
  out:
 	return res;
 }