1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index e8480fe2e1d8..21085515814f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -2090,6 +2090,7 @@ static int virtcons_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
         spin_lock_init(&portdev->ports_lock);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&portdev->ports);
+        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&portdev->list);
 
         virtio_device_ready(portdev->vdev);
 
@@ -2107,8 +2108,15 @@ static int virtcons_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
                 if (!nr_added_bufs) {
                         dev_err(&vdev->dev,
                                 "Error allocating buffers for control queue\n");
-                        err = -ENOMEM;
-                        goto free_vqs;
+                        /*
+                         * The host might want to notify mgmt sw about device
+                         * add failure.
+                         */
+                        __send_control_msg(portdev, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_BAD_ID,
+                                           VIRTIO_CONSOLE_DEVICE_READY, 0);
+                        /* Device was functional: we need full cleanup. */
+                        virtcons_remove(vdev);
+                        return -ENOMEM;
                 }
         } else {
                 /*
@@ -2139,11 +2147,6 @@ static int virtcons_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
         return 0;
 
-free_vqs:
-        /* The host might want to notify mgmt sw about device add failure */
-        __send_control_msg(portdev, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_BAD_ID,
-                           VIRTIO_CONSOLE_DEVICE_READY, 0);
-        remove_vqs(portdev);
 free_chrdev:
         unregister_chrdev(portdev->chr_major, "virtio-portsdev");
 free: