goto bad;
        }
 
-       if (argc == 3) {
-               dc->dev_write = NULL;
+       dc->dev_write = NULL;
+       if (argc == 3)
                goto out;
-       }
 
        if (sscanf(argv[4], "%llu", &tmpll) != 1) {
                ti->error = "Invalid write device sector";
-               goto bad;
+               goto bad_dev_read;
        }
        dc->start_write = tmpll;
 
        if (sscanf(argv[5], "%u", &dc->write_delay) != 1) {
                ti->error = "Invalid write delay";
-               goto bad;
+               goto bad_dev_read;
        }
 
        if (dm_get_device(ti, argv[3], dc->start_write, ti->len,
                          dm_table_get_mode(ti->table), &dc->dev_write)) {
                ti->error = "Write device lookup failed";
-               dm_put_device(ti, dc->dev_read);
-               goto bad;
+               goto bad_dev_read;
        }
 
 out:
        dc->delayed_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(128, delayed_cache);
        if (!dc->delayed_pool) {
                DMERR("Couldn't create delayed bio pool.");
-               goto bad;
+               goto bad_dev_write;
        }
 
        setup_timer(&dc->delay_timer, handle_delayed_timer, (unsigned long)dc);
        ti->private = dc;
        return 0;
 
+bad_dev_write:
+       if (dc->dev_write)
+               dm_put_device(ti, dc->dev_write);
+bad_dev_read:
+       dm_put_device(ti, dc->dev_read);
 bad:
        kfree(dc);
        return -EINVAL;