diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
index 4ce28d901b9a..60f9cfcac93f 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
@@ -615,17 +615,26 @@ static int acerhdf_register_platform(void)
 		return err;
 
 	acerhdf_dev = platform_device_alloc("acerhdf", -1);
-	platform_device_add(acerhdf_dev);
+	if (!acerhdf_dev) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_device_alloc;
+	}
+	err = platform_device_add(acerhdf_dev);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_device_add;
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_device_add:
+	platform_device_put(acerhdf_dev);
+err_device_alloc:
+	platform_driver_unregister(&acerhdf_driver);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void acerhdf_unregister_platform(void)
 {
-	if (!acerhdf_dev)
-		return;
-
-	platform_device_del(acerhdf_dev);
+	platform_device_unregister(acerhdf_dev);
 	platform_driver_unregister(&acerhdf_driver);
 }
 
@@ -669,7 +678,7 @@ static int __init acerhdf_init(void)
 
 	err = acerhdf_register_platform();
 	if (err)
-		goto err_unreg;
+		goto out_err;
 
 	err = acerhdf_register_thermal();
 	if (err)
@@ -682,7 +691,7 @@ err_unreg:
 	acerhdf_unregister_platform();
 
 out_err:
-	return -ENODEV;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void __exit acerhdf_exit(void)