return 0;
        }
 
-       ranges = krealloc(dev_dax->ranges, sizeof(*ranges)
-                       * (dev_dax->nr_range + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (!ranges)
+       alloc = __request_region(res, start, size, dev_name(dev), 0);
+       if (!alloc)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       alloc = __request_region(res, start, size, dev_name(dev), 0);
-       if (!alloc) {
-               /*
-                * If this was an empty set of ranges nothing else
-                * will release @ranges, so do it now.
-                */
-               if (!dev_dax->nr_range) {
-                       kfree(ranges);
-                       ranges = NULL;
-               }
-               dev_dax->ranges = ranges;
+       ranges = krealloc(dev_dax->ranges, sizeof(*ranges)
+                       * (dev_dax->nr_range + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!ranges) {
+               __release_region(res, alloc->start, resource_size(alloc));
                return -ENOMEM;
        }