diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder_slave.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder_slave.c
index cf804389f5ecad3ea7589fc0d074ec6c12578ca6..d50a7884e69e187b5d625b9a601dd3b45d9bc021 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder_slave.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_encoder_slave.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int drm_i2c_encoder_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	err = encoder_drv->encoder_init(client, dev, encoder);
 	if (err)
-		goto fail_unregister;
+		goto fail_module_put;
 
 	if (info->platform_data)
 		encoder->slave_funcs->set_config(&encoder->base,
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ int drm_i2c_encoder_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 	return 0;
 
+fail_module_put:
+	module_put(module);
 fail_unregister:
 	i2c_unregister_device(client);
-	module_put(module);
 fail:
 	return err;
 }