mutex_init(&shost->scan_mutex);
 
        index = ida_simple_get(&host_index_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (index < 0)
-               goto fail_kfree;
+       if (index < 0) {
+               kfree(shost);
+               return NULL;
+       }
        shost->host_no = index;
 
        shost->dma_channel = 0xff;
                shost_printk(KERN_WARNING, shost,
                        "error handler thread failed to spawn, error = %ld\n",
                        PTR_ERR(shost->ehandler));
-               goto fail_index_remove;
+               goto fail;
        }
 
        shost->tmf_work_q = alloc_workqueue("scsi_tmf_%d",
        if (!shost->tmf_work_q) {
                shost_printk(KERN_WARNING, shost,
                             "failed to create tmf workq\n");
-               goto fail_kthread;
+               goto fail;
        }
        scsi_proc_hostdir_add(shost->hostt);
        return shost;
+ fail:
+       /*
+        * Host state is still SHOST_CREATED and that is enough to release
+        * ->shost_gendev. scsi_host_dev_release() will free
+        * dev_name(&shost->shost_dev).
+        */
+       put_device(&shost->shost_gendev);
 
- fail_kthread:
-       kthread_stop(shost->ehandler);
- fail_index_remove:
-       ida_simple_remove(&host_index_ida, shost->host_no);
- fail_kfree:
-       kfree(shost);
        return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_host_alloc);