diff --git a/drivers/nfc/Kconfig b/drivers/nfc/Kconfig
index 4775d4e61b881de43d93f1643b462e47e6cc52a4..74a852e4e41f0e11fbc8c891513648af6fcf9457 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/nfc/Kconfig
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ config NFC_WILINK
 
 config NFC_MEI_PHY
 	tristate "MEI bus NFC device support"
-	depends on INTEL_MEI_BUS_NFC && NFC_HCI
+	depends on INTEL_MEI && NFC_HCI
 	help
 	  This adds support to use an mei bus nfc device. Select this if you
 	  will use an HCI NFC driver for an NFC chip connected behind an
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/mei_phy.c b/drivers/nfc/mei_phy.c
index b8f8abc422f0f929d1b93e1500c5a595e2deea46..1201bdbfb7918175bc22ae2b1741174b7fbe977c 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/mei_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/mei_phy.c
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ int nfc_mei_phy_enable(void *phy_id)
                 return r;
 	}
 
+	r = mei_cl_register_event_cb(phy->device, nfc_mei_event_cb, phy);
+	if (r) {
+		pr_err("MEY_PHY: Event cb registration failed\n");
+		mei_cl_disable_device(phy->device);
+		phy->powered = 0;
+
+		return r;
+	}
+
 	phy->powered = 1;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/microread/mei.c b/drivers/nfc/microread/mei.c
index 1ad044dce7b60acfa686d72d842670d64bd02efb..cdf1bc53b257f6ae34e3f2148de97b47f53521b7 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/microread/mei.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/microread/mei.c
@@ -43,24 +43,16 @@ static int microread_mei_probe(struct mei_cl_device *device,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	r = mei_cl_register_event_cb(device, nfc_mei_event_cb, phy);
-	if (r) {
-		pr_err(MICROREAD_DRIVER_NAME ": event cb registration failed\n");
-		goto err_out;
-	}
-
 	r = microread_probe(phy, &mei_phy_ops, LLC_NOP_NAME,
 			    MEI_NFC_HEADER_SIZE, 0, MEI_NFC_MAX_HCI_PAYLOAD,
 			    &phy->hdev);
-	if (r < 0)
-		goto err_out;
-
-	return 0;
+	if (r < 0) {
+		nfc_mei_phy_free(phy);
 
-err_out:
-	nfc_mei_phy_free(phy);
+		return r;
+	}
 
-	return r;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int microread_mei_remove(struct mei_cl_device *device)
@@ -71,8 +63,6 @@ static int microread_mei_remove(struct mei_cl_device *device)
 
 	microread_remove(phy->hdev);
 
-	nfc_mei_phy_disable(phy);
-
 	nfc_mei_phy_free(phy);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn544/mei.c b/drivers/nfc/pn544/mei.c
index 1eb48848a35ae0bc22683991d62537d67d33ba3f..b5d3d18179eb1da92d35700a8f06fd91ad6a7666 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn544/mei.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn544/mei.c
@@ -43,24 +43,16 @@ static int pn544_mei_probe(struct mei_cl_device *device,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	r = mei_cl_register_event_cb(device, nfc_mei_event_cb, phy);
-	if (r) {
-		pr_err(PN544_DRIVER_NAME ": event cb registration failed\n");
-		goto err_out;
-	}
-
 	r = pn544_hci_probe(phy, &mei_phy_ops, LLC_NOP_NAME,
 			    MEI_NFC_HEADER_SIZE, 0, MEI_NFC_MAX_HCI_PAYLOAD,
 			    &phy->hdev);
-	if (r < 0)
-		goto err_out;
-
-	return 0;
+	if (r < 0) {
+		nfc_mei_phy_free(phy);
 
-err_out:
-	nfc_mei_phy_free(phy);
+		return r;
+	}
 
-	return r;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int pn544_mei_remove(struct mei_cl_device *device)
@@ -71,8 +63,6 @@ static int pn544_mei_remove(struct mei_cl_device *device)
 
 	pn544_hci_remove(phy->hdev);
 
-	nfc_mei_phy_disable(phy);
-
 	nfc_mei_phy_free(phy);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/nfc/Makefile b/net/nfc/Makefile
index fb799deaed4f9d5b130e88ed5402190b33fea1f6..a76f4533cb6ce5a1b51e2199bbfd3c8bf91a86a4 100644
--- a/net/nfc/Makefile
+++ b/net/nfc/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_NFC) += nfc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NFC_NCI) += nci/
 obj-$(CONFIG_NFC_HCI) += hci/
-#obj-$(CONFIG_NFC_LLCP) += llcp/
 
 nfc-objs := core.o netlink.o af_nfc.o rawsock.o llcp_core.o llcp_commands.o \
 		llcp_sock.o