return rc;
 }
 
+static void do_sysfs_unregistration(void)
+{
+       sysfs_remove_file(&ecryptfs_subsys.kobj,
+                         &sysfs_attr_version.attr);
+       sysfs_remove_file(&ecryptfs_subsys.kobj,
+                         &sysfs_attr_version_str.attr);
+       subsystem_unregister(&ecryptfs_subsys);
+}
+
 static int __init ecryptfs_init(void)
 {
        int rc;
        if (rc) {
                ecryptfs_printk(KERN_ERR, "Failure occured while attempting to "
                                "initialize the eCryptfs netlink socket\n");
+               do_sysfs_unregistration();
+               unregister_filesystem(&ecryptfs_fs_type);
+               ecryptfs_free_kmem_caches();
        }
 out:
        return rc;
 
 static void __exit ecryptfs_exit(void)
 {
-       sysfs_remove_file(&ecryptfs_subsys.kobj,
-                         &sysfs_attr_version.attr);
-       sysfs_remove_file(&ecryptfs_subsys.kobj,
-                         &sysfs_attr_version_str.attr);
-       subsystem_unregister(&ecryptfs_subsys);
+       do_sysfs_unregistration();
        ecryptfs_release_messaging(ecryptfs_transport);
        unregister_filesystem(&ecryptfs_fs_type);
        ecryptfs_free_kmem_caches();