vfd->lock = &dev->dev_mutex;
        vfd->v4l2_dev = &dev->v4l2_dev;
 
-       ret = video_register_device(vfd, VFL_TYPE_VIDEO, 0);
-       if (ret) {
-               v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev, "Failed to register video device\n");
-               goto error_v4l2;
-       }
-
        video_set_drvdata(vfd, dev);
        v4l2_info(&dev->v4l2_dev,
                  "Device registered as /dev/video%d\n", vfd->num);
                goto error_dev;
        }
 
+       ret = video_register_device(vfd, VFL_TYPE_VIDEO, 0);
+       if (ret) {
+               v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev, "Failed to register video device\n");
+               goto error_m2m;
+       }
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER
        dev->mdev.dev = &pdev->dev;
        strscpy(dev->mdev.model, "vim2m", sizeof(dev->mdev.model));
                                                 MEDIA_ENT_F_PROC_VIDEO_SCALER);
        if (ret) {
                v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev, "Failed to init mem2mem media controller\n");
-               goto error_dev;
+               goto error_v4l2;
        }
 
        ret = media_device_register(&dev->mdev);
 error_m2m_mc:
        v4l2_m2m_unregister_media_controller(dev->m2m_dev);
 #endif
-error_dev:
+error_v4l2:
        video_unregister_device(&dev->vfd);
        /* vim2m_device_release called by video_unregister_device to release various objects */
        return ret;
-error_v4l2:
+error_m2m:
+       v4l2_m2m_release(dev->m2m_dev);
+error_dev:
        v4l2_device_unregister(&dev->v4l2_dev);
 error_free:
        kfree(dev);