struct wireless_dev *wdev;
 
        if (!adapter)
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
 
        switch (type) {
        case NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED:
                if (priv->bss_mode) {
                        wiphy_err(wiphy,
                                  "cannot create multiple sta/adhoc ifaces\n");
-                       return NULL;
+                       return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
                }
 
                wdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct wireless_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!wdev)
-                       return NULL;
+                       return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
                wdev->wiphy = wiphy;
                priv->wdev = wdev;
 
                if (priv->bss_mode) {
                        wiphy_err(wiphy, "Can't create multiple AP interfaces");
-                       return NULL;
+                       return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
                }
 
                wdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct wireless_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!wdev)
-                       return NULL;
+                       return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
                priv->wdev = wdev;
                wdev->wiphy = wiphy;
                break;
        default:
                wiphy_err(wiphy, "type not supported\n");
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
        }
 
        dev = alloc_netdev_mq(sizeof(struct mwifiex_private *), name,
                              ether_setup, 1);
        if (!dev) {
                wiphy_err(wiphy, "no memory available for netdevice\n");
-               goto error;
+               priv->bss_mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        }
 
        mwifiex_init_priv_params(priv, dev);
        /* Register network device */
        if (register_netdevice(dev)) {
                wiphy_err(wiphy, "cannot register virtual network device\n");
-               goto error;
+               free_netdev(dev);
+               priv->bss_mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
+               return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
        }
 
        sema_init(&priv->async_sem, 1);
        mwifiex_dev_debugfs_init(priv);
 #endif
        return dev;
-error:
-       if (dev && (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERED))
-               free_netdev(dev);
-       priv->bss_mode = NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED;
-
-       return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mwifiex_add_virtual_intf);