pcdev->irq = irq;
        pcdev->base = base;
 
+       err = v4l2_device_register(&pdev->dev, &pcdev->v4l2_dev);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
        v4l2_async_nf_init(&pcdev->notifier);
        pcdev->res = res;
        pcdev->pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
        } else if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
                err = pxa_camera_pdata_from_dt(&pdev->dev, pcdev);
        } else {
-               return -ENODEV;
+               err = -ENODEV;
        }
        if (err < 0)
-               return err;
+               goto exit_v4l2_device_unregister;
 
        if (!(pcdev->platform_flags & (PXA_CAMERA_DATAWIDTH_8 |
                        PXA_CAMERA_DATAWIDTH_9 | PXA_CAMERA_DATAWIDTH_10))) {
        pxa_camera_activate(pcdev);
 
        platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pcdev);
-       err = v4l2_device_register(&pdev->dev, &pcdev->v4l2_dev);
-       if (err)
-               goto exit_deactivate;
 
        err = pxa_camera_init_videobuf2(pcdev);
        if (err)
-               goto exit_v4l2_device_unregister;
+               goto exit_deactivate;
 
        /* request irq */
        err = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, pcdev->irq, pxa_camera_irq, 0,
        pcdev->notifier.ops = &pxa_camera_sensor_ops;
        err = v4l2_async_nf_register(&pcdev->v4l2_dev, &pcdev->notifier);
        if (err)
-               goto exit_v4l2_device_unregister;
+               goto exit_deactivate;
 
        return 0;
-exit_v4l2_device_unregister:
-       v4l2_device_unregister(&pcdev->v4l2_dev);
 exit_deactivate:
        pxa_camera_deactivate(pcdev);
        tasklet_kill(&pcdev->task_eof);
        dma_release_channel(pcdev->dma_chans[0]);
 exit_notifier_cleanup:
        v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(&pcdev->notifier);
+exit_v4l2_device_unregister:
+       v4l2_device_unregister(&pcdev->v4l2_dev);
        return err;
 }