diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi.c
index bfc15279d5bc967e11ad94c4fab529b13c925732..f0bc8e780051226b598112001ab7d36a57f8af7c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvsi.c
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ static const struct tty_operations hvsi_ops = {
 
 static int __init hvsi_init(void)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, ret;
 
 	hvsi_driver = alloc_tty_driver(hvsi_count);
 	if (!hvsi_driver)
@@ -1069,12 +1069,25 @@ static int __init hvsi_init(void)
 	}
 	hvsi_wait = wait_for_state; /* irqs active now */
 
-	if (tty_register_driver(hvsi_driver))
-		panic("Couldn't register hvsi console driver\n");
+	ret = tty_register_driver(hvsi_driver);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("Couldn't register hvsi console driver\n");
+		goto err_free_irq;
+	}
 
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "HVSI: registered %i devices\n", hvsi_count);
 
 	return 0;
+err_free_irq:
+	hvsi_wait = poll_for_state;
+	for (i = 0; i < hvsi_count; i++) {
+		struct hvsi_struct *hp = &hvsi_ports[i];
+
+		free_irq(hp->virq, hp);
+	}
+	tty_driver_kref_put(hvsi_driver);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 device_initcall(hvsi_init);