ipoctal->tty_drv = tty;
 
        for (i = 0; i < NR_CHANNELS; i++) {
+               struct device *tty_dev;
+
                channel = &ipoctal->channel[i];
                tty_port_init(&channel->tty_port);
                tty_port_alloc_xmit_buf(&channel->tty_port);
                channel->pointer_read = 0;
                channel->pointer_write = 0;
                channel->nb_bytes = 0;
-               tty_register_device(tty, i, NULL);
+               tty_dev = tty_register_device(tty, i, NULL);
+               if (IS_ERR(tty_dev)) {
+                       dev_err(&ipoctal->dev->dev, "Failed to register tty device.\n");
+                       continue;
+               }
 
                /*
                 * Enable again the RX. TX will be enabled when