1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 47a5698a712..9aadf2fcad6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -4241,12 +4241,10 @@ static int __init init_st(void)
                         do_create_driverfs_files();
                         return 0;
                 }
-                if (st_sysfs_class)
-                        class_destroy(st_sysfs_class);
                 unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR, 0),
-
                                          ST_MAX_TAPE_ENTRIES);
         }
+        class_destroy(st_sysfs_class);
 
         printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to get major %d for SCSI tapes\n", SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR);
         return 1;
@@ -4254,13 +4252,11 @@ static int __init init_st(void)
 
 static void __exit exit_st(void)
 {
-        if (st_sysfs_class)
-                class_destroy(st_sysfs_class);
-        st_sysfs_class = NULL;
         do_remove_driverfs_files();
         scsi_unregister_driver(&st_template.gendrv);
         unregister_chrdev_region(MKDEV(SCSI_TAPE_MAJOR, 0),
                                  ST_MAX_TAPE_ENTRIES);
+        class_destroy(st_sysfs_class);
         kfree(scsi_tapes);
         printk(KERN_INFO "st: Unloaded.\n");
 }