/* not set up yet, so do it now */
                                edge_serial->interrupt_read_urb =
                                                usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
-                               if (!edge_serial->interrupt_read_urb)
-                                       return -ENOMEM;
+                               if (!edge_serial->interrupt_read_urb) {
+                                       response = -ENOMEM;
+                                       break;
+                               }
 
                                edge_serial->interrupt_in_buffer =
                                        kmalloc(buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
                                if (!edge_serial->interrupt_in_buffer) {
-                                       usb_free_urb(edge_serial->interrupt_read_urb);
-                                       return -ENOMEM;
+                                       response = -ENOMEM;
+                                       break;
                                }
                                edge_serial->interrupt_in_endpoint =
                                                endpoint->bEndpointAddress;
                                /* not set up yet, so do it now */
                                edge_serial->read_urb =
                                                usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
-                               if (!edge_serial->read_urb)
-                                       return -ENOMEM;
+                               if (!edge_serial->read_urb) {
+                                       response = -ENOMEM;
+                                       break;
+                               }
 
                                edge_serial->bulk_in_buffer =
                                        kmalloc(buffer_size, GFP_KERNEL);
                                if (!edge_serial->bulk_in_buffer) {
-                                       usb_free_urb(edge_serial->read_urb);
-                                       return -ENOMEM;
+                                       response = -ENOMEM;
+                                       break;
                                }
                                edge_serial->bulk_in_endpoint =
                                                endpoint->bEndpointAddress;
                        }
                }
 
-               if (!interrupt_in_found || !bulk_in_found || !bulk_out_found) {
-                       dev_err(ddev, "Error - the proper endpoints were not found!\n");
-                       return -ENODEV;
+               if (response || !interrupt_in_found || !bulk_in_found ||
+                                                       !bulk_out_found) {
+                       if (!response) {
+                               dev_err(ddev, "expected endpoints not found\n");
+                               response = -ENODEV;
+                       }
+
+                       usb_free_urb(edge_serial->interrupt_read_urb);
+                       kfree(edge_serial->interrupt_in_buffer);
+
+                       usb_free_urb(edge_serial->read_urb);
+                       kfree(edge_serial->bulk_in_buffer);
+
+                       kfree(edge_serial);
+
+                       return response;
                }
 
                /* start interrupt read for this edgeport this interrupt will