clnt->trans = NULL;
        spin_lock_init(&clnt->lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&clnt->fidlist);
-       clnt->fidpool = p9_idpool_create();
-       if (IS_ERR(clnt->fidpool)) {
-               err = PTR_ERR(clnt->fidpool);
-               clnt->fidpool = NULL;
-               goto error;
-       }
 
        p9_tag_init(clnt);
 
        err = parse_opts(options, clnt);
        if (err < 0)
-               goto error;
+               goto free_client;
 
        if (!clnt->trans_mod)
                clnt->trans_mod = v9fs_get_default_trans();
                err = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
                P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
                                "No transport defined or default transport\n");
-               goto error;
+               goto free_client;
+       }
+
+       clnt->fidpool = p9_idpool_create();
+       if (IS_ERR(clnt->fidpool)) {
+               err = PTR_ERR(clnt->fidpool);
+               clnt->fidpool = NULL;
+               goto put_trans;
        }
 
        P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "clnt %p trans %p msize %d dotu %d\n",
 
        err = clnt->trans_mod->create(clnt, dev_name, options);
        if (err)
-               goto error;
+               goto destroy_fidpool;
 
        if ((clnt->msize+P9_IOHDRSZ) > clnt->trans_mod->maxsize)
                clnt->msize = clnt->trans_mod->maxsize-P9_IOHDRSZ;
 
        err = p9_client_version(clnt);
        if (err)
-               goto error;
+               goto close_trans;
 
        return clnt;
 
-error:
-       p9_client_destroy(clnt);
+close_trans:
+       clnt->trans_mod->close(clnt);
+destroy_fidpool:
+       p9_idpool_destroy(clnt->fidpool);
+put_trans:
+       v9fs_put_trans(clnt->trans_mod);
+free_client:
+       kfree(clnt);
        return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_client_create);