diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
index c28fd2bc1a846d37c24cde3656440fb6255de5bc..1306aaa7a8bfc4e463e226df053897ef107223cb 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
@@ -2297,7 +2297,11 @@ static int brcmnand_init_cs(struct brcmnand_host *host, struct device_node *dn)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	return mtd_device_register(mtd, NULL, 0);
+	ret = mtd_device_register(mtd, NULL, 0);
+	if (ret)
+		nand_cleanup(chip);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void brcmnand_save_restore_cs_config(struct brcmnand_host *host,