return false;
 }
 
+static void free_wmi_blocks(void)
+{
+       struct wmi_block *wblock, *next;
+
+       list_for_each_entry_safe(wblock, next, &wmi_blocks.list, list) {
+               list_del(&wblock->list);
+               kfree(wblock);
+       }
+}
+
 /*
  * Parse the _WDG method for the GUID data blocks
  */
                wblock->handle = handle;
                if (debug_event) {
                        wblock->handler = wmi_notify_debug;
-                       status = wmi_method_enable(wblock, 1);
+                       wmi_method_enable(wblock, 1);
                }
                list_add_tail(&wblock->list, &wmi_blocks.list);
        }
 out_free_pointer:
        kfree(out.pointer);
 
+       if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+               free_wmi_blocks();
+
        return status;
 }
 
 
 static void __exit acpi_wmi_exit(void)
 {
-       struct list_head *p, *tmp;
-       struct wmi_block *wblock;
-
        wmi_class_exit();
 
        acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&acpi_wmi_driver);
 
-       list_for_each_safe(p, tmp, &wmi_blocks.list) {
-               wblock = list_entry(p, struct wmi_block, list);
-
-               list_del(p);
-               kfree(wblock);
-       }
+       free_wmi_blocks();
 
        printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "Mapper unloaded\n");
 }