diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_display.c
index bd99986a1146ea573e0c856bf839a6aae8b87f41..fd00f4000f14fc20335954fd7a59cbc7cb0e1f09 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nv50_display.c
@@ -529,8 +529,10 @@ int nv50_display_create(struct drm_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	ret = nv50_display_init(dev);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		nv50_display_destroy(dev);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }