diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index 24b97b0bef994411bda31e377c041da6471ed9a2..d070d492e385b26893e34d514cbda0fa6cb5e34f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -571,8 +571,8 @@ static int __init brd_init(void)
 		list_del(&brd->brd_list);
 		brd_free(brd);
 	}
+	unregister_blkdev(RAMDISK_MAJOR, "ramdisk");
 
-	unregister_blkdev(RAMDISK_MAJOR, "brd");
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }