static int check_for_unit_attention(ctlr_info_t *h, CommandList_struct *c);
 static void cciss_hba_release(struct device *dev);
 static void cciss_device_release(struct device *dev);
+static void cciss_free_gendisk(ctlr_info_t *h, int drv_index);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 static void cciss_procinit(int i);
         * (raid_leve == -1) then we want to update the
         * logical drive's information.
         */
-       if (drv_index || first_time)
-               cciss_add_disk(h, disk, drv_index);
+       if (drv_index || first_time) {
+               if (cciss_add_disk(h, disk, drv_index) != 0) {
+                       cciss_free_gendisk(h, drv_index);
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss:%d could not update "
+                               "disk %d\n", h->ctlr, drv_index);
+                       --h->num_luns;
+               }
+       }
 
 freeret:
        kfree(inq_buff);
        return -1;
 }
 
+static void cciss_free_gendisk(ctlr_info_t *h, int drv_index)
+{
+       put_disk(h->gendisk[drv_index]);
+       h->gendisk[drv_index] = NULL;
+}
+
 /* cciss_add_gendisk finds a free hba[]->drv structure
  * and allocates a gendisk if needed, and sets the lunid
  * in the drvinfo structure.   It returns the index into
        return drv_index;
 
 err_free_disk:
-       put_disk(h->gendisk[drv_index]);
-       h->gendisk[drv_index] = NULL;
+       cciss_free_gendisk(h, drv_index);
        return -1;
 }
 
                return;
 
        drv_index = cciss_add_gendisk(h, 0, 1);
-       if (drv_index == -1) {
-               printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss%d: could not "
-                       "add disk 0.\n", h->ctlr);
-               return;
-       }
+       if (drv_index == -1)
+               goto error;
        h->drv[drv_index].block_size = 512;
        h->drv[drv_index].nr_blocks = 0;
        h->drv[drv_index].heads = 0;
        h->drv[drv_index].raid_level = -1;
        memset(h->drv[drv_index].serial_no, 0, 16);
        disk = h->gendisk[drv_index];
-       cciss_add_disk(h, disk, drv_index);
+       if (cciss_add_disk(h, disk, drv_index) == 0)
+               return;
+       cciss_free_gendisk(h, drv_index);
+error:
+       printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss%d: could not "
+               "add disk 0.\n", h->ctlr);
+       return;
 }
 
 /* This function will add and remove logical drives from the Logical