mrst_rtc.irq = rtc_irq;
        mrst_rtc.iomem = iomem;
+       mrst_rtc.dev = dev;
+       dev_set_drvdata(dev, &mrst_rtc);
 
        mrst_rtc.rtc = rtc_device_register(driver_name, dev,
                                &mrst_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
                goto cleanup0;
        }
 
-       mrst_rtc.dev = dev;
-       dev_set_drvdata(dev, &mrst_rtc);
        rename_region(iomem, dev_name(&mrst_rtc.rtc->dev));
 
        spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
        return 0;
 
 cleanup1:
-       mrst_rtc.dev = NULL;
        rtc_device_unregister(mrst_rtc.rtc);
 cleanup0:
+       dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
+       mrst_rtc.dev = NULL;
        release_region(iomem->start, iomem->end + 1 - iomem->start);
        dev_err(dev, "rtc-mrst: unable to initialise\n");
        return retval;