diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci.c
index cd37962ec44fd997d4e8ec76820d0dcf607f83e9..65be27995d5cbe7d9ec1aaeaa7dbb79f91a65967 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-pci.c
@@ -522,8 +522,8 @@ static struct sdhci_pci_slot * __devinit sdhci_pci_probe_slot(
 
 	host = sdhci_alloc_host(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct sdhci_pci_slot));
 	if (IS_ERR(host)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(host);
-		goto unmap;
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot allocate host\n");
+		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(host));
 	}
 
 	slot = sdhci_priv(host);
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static struct sdhci_pci_slot * __devinit sdhci_pci_probe_slot(
 	ret = pci_request_region(pdev, bar, mmc_hostname(host->mmc));
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot request region\n");
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		goto free;
 	}
 
 	addr = pci_resource_start(pdev, bar);
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ static struct sdhci_pci_slot * __devinit sdhci_pci_probe_slot(
 
 release:
 	pci_release_region(pdev, bar);
+
+free:
 	sdhci_free_host(host);
 
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);