diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c
index a4dead4ab0ed..86b528d8364c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_uld.c
@@ -695,10 +695,10 @@ static void uld_init(struct adapter *adap, struct cxgb4_lld_info *lld)
 	lld->write_cmpl_support = adap->params.write_cmpl_support;
 }
 
-static void uld_attach(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int uld)
+static int uld_attach(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int uld)
 {
-	void *handle;
 	struct cxgb4_lld_info lli;
+	void *handle;
 
 	uld_init(adap, &lli);
 	uld_queue_init(adap, uld, &lli);
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static void uld_attach(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int uld)
 		dev_warn(adap->pdev_dev,
 			 "could not attach to the %s driver, error %ld\n",
 			 adap->uld[uld].name, PTR_ERR(handle));
-		return;
+		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 	}
 
 	adap->uld[uld].handle = handle;
@@ -716,22 +716,22 @@ static void uld_attach(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int uld)
 
 	if (adap->flags & CXGB4_FULL_INIT_DONE)
 		adap->uld[uld].state_change(handle, CXGB4_STATE_UP);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- *	cxgb4_register_uld - register an upper-layer driver
- *	@type: the ULD type
- *	@p: the ULD methods
+/* cxgb4_register_uld - register an upper-layer driver
+ * @type: the ULD type
+ * @p: the ULD methods
  *
- *	Registers an upper-layer driver with this driver and notifies the ULD
- *	about any presently available devices that support its type.  Returns
- *	%-EBUSY if a ULD of the same type is already registered.
+ * Registers an upper-layer driver with this driver and notifies the ULD
+ * about any presently available devices that support its type.
  */
 void cxgb4_register_uld(enum cxgb4_uld type,
 			const struct cxgb4_uld_info *p)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
 	struct adapter *adap;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (type >= CXGB4_ULD_MAX)
 		return;
@@ -763,8 +763,12 @@ void cxgb4_register_uld(enum cxgb4_uld type,
 		if (ret)
 			goto free_irq;
 		adap->uld[type] = *p;
-		uld_attach(adap, type);
+		ret = uld_attach(adap, type);
+		if (ret)
+			goto free_txq;
 		continue;
+free_txq:
+		release_sge_txq_uld(adap, type);
 free_irq:
 		if (adap->flags & CXGB4_FULL_INIT_DONE)
 			quiesce_rx_uld(adap, type);