if (ret)
                goto err_free;
 
-       ret = drm_dev_register(drm, 0);
-       if (ret)
-               goto err_unload;
-
        ret = component_bind_all(dev, drm);
        if (ret) {
                DRM_ERROR("Failed to bind all components\n");
-               goto err_unregister;
+               goto err_unload;
        }
 
        ret = pm_runtime_set_active(dev);
                goto err_fbdev;
        }
 
+       ret = drm_dev_register(drm, 0);
+       if (ret)
+               goto err_register;
+
        return 0;
 
+err_register:
+       if (hdlcd->fbdev) {
+               drm_fbdev_cma_fini(hdlcd->fbdev);
+               hdlcd->fbdev = NULL;
+       }
 err_fbdev:
        drm_kms_helper_poll_fini(drm);
        drm_mode_config_cleanup(drm);
        pm_runtime_disable(drm->dev);
 err_pm_active:
        component_unbind_all(dev, drm);
-err_unregister:
-       drm_dev_unregister(drm);
 err_unload:
        drm_irq_uninstall(drm);
        of_reserved_mem_device_release(drm->dev);
        struct drm_device *drm = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
        struct hdlcd_drm_private *hdlcd = drm->dev_private;
 
+       drm_dev_unregister(drm);
        if (hdlcd->fbdev) {
                drm_fbdev_cma_fini(hdlcd->fbdev);
                hdlcd->fbdev = NULL;
        pm_runtime_disable(drm->dev);
        of_reserved_mem_device_release(drm->dev);
        drm_mode_config_cleanup(drm);
-       drm_dev_unregister(drm);
        drm_dev_unref(drm);
        drm->dev_private = NULL;
        dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 
        if (ret < 0)
                goto init_fail;
 
-       ret = drm_dev_register(drm, 0);
-       if (ret)
-               goto register_fail;
-
        /* Set the CRTC's port so that the encoder component can find it */
        ep = of_graph_get_next_endpoint(dev->of_node, NULL);
        if (!ep) {
        }
 
        drm_kms_helper_poll_init(drm);
+
+       ret = drm_dev_register(drm, 0);
+       if (ret)
+               goto register_fail;
+
        return 0;
 
+register_fail:
+       if (malidp->fbdev) {
+               drm_fbdev_cma_fini(malidp->fbdev);
+               malidp->fbdev = NULL;
+       }
 fbdev_fail:
        drm_vblank_cleanup(drm);
 vblank_fail:
        of_node_put(malidp->crtc.port);
        malidp->crtc.port = NULL;
 port_fail:
-       drm_dev_unregister(drm);
-register_fail:
        malidp_de_planes_destroy(drm);
        drm_mode_config_cleanup(drm);
 init_fail:
        struct malidp_drm *malidp = drm->dev_private;
        struct malidp_hw_device *hwdev = malidp->dev;
 
+       drm_dev_unregister(drm);
        if (malidp->fbdev) {
                drm_fbdev_cma_fini(malidp->fbdev);
                malidp->fbdev = NULL;
        component_unbind_all(dev, drm);
        of_node_put(malidp->crtc.port);
        malidp->crtc.port = NULL;
-       drm_dev_unregister(drm);
        malidp_de_planes_destroy(drm);
        drm_mode_config_cleanup(drm);
        drm->dev_private = NULL;
 
 
 static void tda998x_connector_destroy(struct drm_connector *connector)
 {
-       drm_connector_unregister(connector);
        drm_connector_cleanup(connector);
 }
 
        if (ret)
                goto err_connector;
 
-       ret = drm_connector_register(&priv->connector);
-       if (ret)
-               goto err_sysfs;
-
        drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(&priv->connector, &priv->encoder);
 
        return 0;
 
-err_sysfs:
-       drm_connector_cleanup(&priv->connector);
 err_connector:
        drm_encoder_cleanup(&priv->encoder);
 err_encoder:
 {
        struct tda998x_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-       drm_connector_unregister(&priv->connector);
        drm_connector_cleanup(&priv->connector);
        drm_encoder_cleanup(&priv->encoder);
        tda998x_destroy(priv);