struct allegro_channel *channel = NULL;
        struct v4l2_ctrl_handler *handler;
        u64 mask;
+       int ret;
 
        channel = kzalloc(sizeof(*channel), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!channel)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       v4l2_fh_init(&channel->fh, vdev);
-       file->private_data = &channel->fh;
-       v4l2_fh_add(&channel->fh);
-
        init_completion(&channel->completion);
 
        channel->dev = dev;
                        V4L2_CID_MIN_BUFFERS_FOR_OUTPUT,
                        1, 32,
                        1, 1);
+       if (handler->error != 0) {
+               ret = handler->error;
+               goto error;
+       }
+
        channel->fh.ctrl_handler = handler;
 
        channel->mcu_channel_id = -1;
        channel->fh.m2m_ctx = v4l2_m2m_ctx_init(dev->m2m_dev, channel,
                                                allegro_queue_init);
 
+       if (IS_ERR(channel->fh.m2m_ctx)) {
+               ret = PTR_ERR(channel->fh.m2m_ctx);
+               goto error;
+       }
+
+       v4l2_fh_init(&channel->fh, vdev);
+       file->private_data = &channel->fh;
+       v4l2_fh_add(&channel->fh);
+
        return 0;
+
+error:
+       v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(handler);
+       kfree(channel);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static int allegro_release(struct file *file)