diff --git a/drivers/parport/share.c b/drivers/parport/share.c
index 1efec44e03aa..c02b5f27798b 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/share.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/share.c
@@ -892,8 +892,10 @@ parport_register_dev_model(struct parport *port, const char *name,
 	par_dev->dev.release = free_pardevice;
 	par_dev->devmodel = true;
 	ret = device_register(&par_dev->dev);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_put_dev;
+	if (ret) {
+		put_device(&par_dev->dev);
+		goto err_put_port;
+	}
 
 	/* Chain this onto the list */
 	par_dev->prev = NULL;
@@ -940,8 +942,6 @@ parport_register_dev_model(struct parport *port, const char *name,
 
 	return par_dev;
 
-err_put_dev:
-	put_device(&par_dev->dev);
 err_free_devname:
 	kfree(devname);
 err_free_par_dev: