diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index b411c73bfeb3..6b07a0c8c729 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -1835,11 +1835,12 @@ static int cache_alloc(struct cache_sb *sb, struct cache *ca)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
+static int register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 				struct block_device *bdev, struct cache *ca)
 {
 	char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-	const char *err = "cannot allocate memory";
+	const char *err = NULL;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	memcpy(&ca->sb, sb, sizeof(struct cache_sb));
 	ca->bdev = bdev;
@@ -1854,27 +1855,35 @@ static void register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 	if (blk_queue_discard(bdev_get_queue(ca->bdev)))
 		ca->discard = CACHE_DISCARD(&ca->sb);
 
-	if (cache_alloc(sb, ca) != 0)
+	ret = cache_alloc(sb, ca);
+	if (ret != 0)
 		goto err;
 
-	err = "error creating kobject";
-	if (kobject_add(&ca->kobj, &part_to_dev(bdev->bd_part)->kobj, "bcache"))
-		goto err;
+	if (kobject_add(&ca->kobj, &part_to_dev(bdev->bd_part)->kobj, "bcache")) {
+		err = "error calling kobject_add";
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock);
 	err = register_cache_set(ca);
 	mutex_unlock(&bch_register_lock);
 
-	if (err)
-		goto err;
+	if (err) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	pr_info("registered cache device %s", bdevname(bdev, name));
+
 out:
 	kobject_put(&ca->kobj);
-	return;
+
 err:
-	pr_notice("error opening %s: %s", bdevname(bdev, name), err);
-	goto out;
+	if (err)
+		pr_notice("error opening %s: %s", bdevname(bdev, name), err);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Global interfaces/init */
@@ -1972,7 +1981,8 @@ static ssize_t register_bcache(struct kobject *k, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 		if (!ca)
 			goto err_close;
 
-		register_cache(sb, sb_page, bdev, ca);
+		if (register_cache(sb, sb_page, bdev, ca) != 0)
+			goto err_close;
 	}
 out:
 	if (sb_page)