diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index 2f2bcdb671d215df6f41546d1bfe5644a882d9e9..89634159ad7551b4fcc8969bbbe52a4436524e2f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -444,12 +444,12 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, const struct drm_driver *drv)
 
 	ret = msm_init_vram(ddev);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto err_put_dev;
 
 	/* Bind all our sub-components: */
 	ret = component_bind_all(dev, ddev);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto err_put_dev;
 
 	dma_set_max_seg_size(dev, UINT_MAX);
 
@@ -544,6 +544,12 @@ static int msm_drm_init(struct device *dev, const struct drm_driver *drv)
 
 err_msm_uninit:
 	msm_drm_uninit(dev);
+
+	return ret;
+
+err_put_dev:
+	drm_dev_put(ddev);
+
 	return ret;
 }