1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
index a5c68e60fcf4..643b6d078563 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tape_class.c
@@ -76,14 +76,22 @@ struct tape_class_device *register_tape_dev(
                                 device,
                                 "%s", tcd->device_name
                         );
-        sysfs_create_link(
+        rc = PTR_ERR(tcd->class_device);
+        if (rc)
+                goto fail_with_cdev;
+        rc = sysfs_create_link(
                 &device->kobj,
                 &tcd->class_device->kobj,
                 tcd->mode_name
         );
+        if (rc)
+                goto fail_with_class_device;
 
         return tcd;
 
+fail_with_class_device:
+        class_device_destroy(tape_class, tcd->char_device->dev);
+
 fail_with_cdev:
         cdev_del(tcd->char_device);