* nic was resumed from power saving mode.
                 */
                myri10ge_restore_state(mgp);
+
+               /* save state again for accounting reasons */
+               myri10ge_save_state(mgp);
+
        } else {
                /* if we get back -1's from our slot, perhaps somebody
                 * powered off our card.  Don't try to reset it in
        status = register_netdev(netdev);
        if (status != 0) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "register_netdev failed: %d\n", status);
-               goto abort_with_irq;
+               goto abort_with_state;
        }
        dev_info(dev, "%s IRQ %d, tx bndry %d, fw %s, WC %s\n",
                 (mgp->msi_enabled ? "MSI" : "xPIC"),
 
        return 0;
 
-abort_with_irq:
+abort_with_state:
+       myri10ge_restore_state(mgp);
        free_irq(pdev->irq, mgp);
        if (mgp->msi_enabled)
                pci_disable_msi(pdev);
 
        myri10ge_dummy_rdma(mgp, 0);
 
+       /* avoid a memory leak */
+       myri10ge_restore_state(mgp);
+
        bytes = myri10ge_max_intr_slots * sizeof(*mgp->rx_done.entry);
        dma_free_coherent(&pdev->dev, bytes,
                          mgp->rx_done.entry, mgp->rx_done.bus);