dev->workqueue = 0;
 
+       /* init video transfer queues first of all */
+       /* to prevent oops in hdpvr_delete() on error paths */
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->free_buff_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->rec_buff_list);
+
        /* register v4l2_device early so it can be used for printks */
        if (v4l2_device_register(&interface->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev)) {
                dev_err(&interface->dev, "v4l2_device_register failed\n");
        if (!dev->workqueue)
                goto error;
 
-       /* init video transfer queues */
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->free_buff_list);
-       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->rec_buff_list);
-
        dev->options = hdpvr_default_options;
 
        if (default_video_input < HDPVR_VIDEO_INPUTS)
                                    video_nr[atomic_inc_return(&dev_nr)]);
        if (retval < 0) {
                v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev, "registering videodev failed\n");
-               goto error;
+               goto reg_fail;
        }
 
        /* let the user know what node this device is now attached to */