diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
index 29a4f06fbfcf0004c53e96d51cc5d6da0aaaf76b..dcc4a170b0f397ed5362341a8d5a62fb07d411a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_emac.c
@@ -1781,8 +1781,8 @@ static int __devinit davinci_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct emac_priv));
 	if (!ndev) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error allocating net_device\n");
-		clk_put(emac_clk);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_clk;
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ndev);
@@ -1796,7 +1796,8 @@ static int __devinit davinci_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	if (!pdata) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no platform data\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto probe_quit;
 	}
 
 	/* MAC addr and PHY mask , RMII enable info from platform_data */
@@ -1929,8 +1930,9 @@ static int __devinit davinci_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	iounmap(priv->remap_addr);
 
 probe_quit:
-	clk_put(emac_clk);
 	free_netdev(ndev);
+free_clk:
+	clk_put(emac_clk);
 	return rc;
 }