diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index aa0472718dcecc5e875e4505b5e571ed61e432ba..a896ee175d8638417830b0449b7515026495012a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ static int brd_alloc(int i)
 	struct brd_device *brd;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 	char buf[DISK_NAME_LEN];
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
 
 	mutex_lock(&brd_devices_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(brd, &brd_devices, brd_list) {
@@ -420,16 +421,20 @@ static int brd_alloc(int i)
 	/* Tell the block layer that this is not a rotational device */
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, disk->queue);
 	blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_ADD_RANDOM, disk->queue);
-	add_disk(disk);
+	err = add_disk(disk);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_cleanup_disk;
 
 	return 0;
 
+out_cleanup_disk:
+	blk_cleanup_disk(disk);
 out_free_dev:
 	mutex_lock(&brd_devices_mutex);
 	list_del(&brd->brd_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&brd_devices_mutex);
 	kfree(brd);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void brd_probe(dev_t dev)