brd->nasync = brd->maxports;
 
-       /*
-        * Allocate channel memory that might not have been allocated
-        * when the driver was first loaded.
-        */
        for (i = 0; i < brd->nasync; i++) {
-               if (!brd->channels[i]) {
-
-                       /*
-                        * Okay to malloc with GFP_KERNEL, we are not at
-                        * interrupt context, and there are no locks held.
-                        */
-                       brd->channels[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(*brd->channels[i]), GFP_KERNEL);
-               }
+               /*
+                * Okay to malloc with GFP_KERNEL, we are not at
+                * interrupt context, and there are no locks held.
+                */
+               brd->channels[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(*brd->channels[i]),
+                                          GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!brd->channels[i])
+                       goto err_free_channels;
        }
 
        ch = brd->channels[0];
 
        /* Set up channel variables */
        for (i = 0; i < brd->nasync; i++, ch = brd->channels[i]) {
-
-               if (!brd->channels[i])
-                       continue;
-
                spin_lock_init(&ch->ch_lock);
 
                /* Store all our magic numbers */
        }
 
        return 0;
+
+err_free_channels:
+       for (i = i - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+               kfree(brd->channels[i]);
+               brd->channels[i] = NULL;
+       }
+       return -ENOMEM;
 }