diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 302681c4aa4465bb21b69524d7c0d3a5341f4a4e..b547a1ceecbca411140663db554b2afabcf04a34 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3181,6 +3181,7 @@ int kvm_init(void *opaque, unsigned vcpu_size, unsigned vcpu_align,
 
 out_undebugfs:
 	unregister_syscore_ops(&kvm_syscore_ops);
+	misc_deregister(&kvm_dev);
 out_unreg:
 	kvm_async_pf_deinit();
 out_free: