{
        int rc = 0;
        unsigned long flags;
+       struct device *dev;
 
        /* make sure that the globals are init'd before we do anything else */
        dgnc_init_globals();
        dgnc_Major = rc;
 
        dgnc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "dgnc_mgmt");
-       device_create(dgnc_class, NULL,
-               MKDEV(dgnc_Major, 0),
-               NULL, "dgnc_mgmt");
+       if (IS_ERR(dgnc_class)) {
+               rc = PTR_ERR(dgnc_class);
+               pr_err(DRVSTR ": Can't create dgnc_mgmt class (%d)\n", rc);
+               goto failed_class;
+       }
+
+       dev = device_create(dgnc_class, NULL,
+                       MKDEV(dgnc_Major, 0),
+                       NULL, "dgnc_mgmt");
+       if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
+               rc = PTR_ERR(dev);
+               pr_err(DRVSTR ": Can't create device (%d)\n", rc);
+               goto failed_device;
+       }
 
        /*
         * Init any global tty stuff.
 
        if (rc < 0) {
                pr_err(DRVSTR ": tty preinit - not enough memory (%d)\n", rc);
-               return rc;
+               goto failed_tty;
        }
 
        /* Start the poller */
 
        add_timer(&dgnc_poll_timer);
 
+       return 0;
+
+failed_tty:
+       device_destroy(dgnc_class, MKDEV(dgnc_Major, 0));
+failed_device:
+       class_destroy(dgnc_class);
+failed_class:
+       unregister_chrdev(dgnc_Major, "dgnc");
        return rc;
 }