return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       v4l2_async_subdev_nf_init(&csi->notifier, &csi->subdev);
+       csi->notifier.ops = &mei_csi_notify_ops;
+
        ret = v4l2_fwnode_endpoint_parse(ep, &v4l2_ep);
        if (ret) {
                dev_err(dev, "could not parse v4l2 endpoint\n");
-               fwnode_handle_put(ep);
-               return -EINVAL;
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto out_nf_cleanup;
        }
 
        csi->nr_of_lanes = v4l2_ep.bus.mipi_csi2.num_data_lanes;
 
-       v4l2_async_subdev_nf_init(&csi->notifier, &csi->subdev);
-       csi->notifier.ops = &mei_csi_notify_ops;
-
        asd = v4l2_async_nf_add_fwnode_remote(&csi->notifier, ep,
                                              struct v4l2_async_connection);
-       fwnode_handle_put(ep);
        if (IS_ERR(asd)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(asd);
                goto out_nf_cleanup;
        if (ret)
                goto out_nf_cleanup;
 
+       fwnode_handle_put(ep);
+
        return 0;
 
 out_nf_cleanup:
        v4l2_async_nf_cleanup(&csi->notifier);
+       fwnode_handle_put(ep);
 
        return ret;
 }