diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 25bf003fb198..1c5e46abc839 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ static void register_bdev(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 
 	return;
 err:
-	pr_notice("error opening %s: %s", bdevname(bdev, name), err);
+	pr_notice("error %s: %s", bdevname(bdev, name), err);
 	bcache_device_stop(&dc->disk);
 }
 
@@ -1849,6 +1849,8 @@ static int register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 	const char *err = NULL; /* must be set for any error case */
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	bdevname(bdev, name);
+
 	memcpy(&ca->sb, sb, sizeof(struct cache_sb));
 	ca->bdev = bdev;
 	ca->bdev->bd_holder = ca;
@@ -1857,11 +1859,12 @@ static int register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 	ca->sb_bio.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page = sb_page;
 	get_page(sb_page);
 
-	if (blk_queue_discard(bdev_get_queue(ca->bdev)))
+	if (blk_queue_discard(bdev_get_queue(bdev)))
 		ca->discard = CACHE_DISCARD(&ca->sb);
 
 	ret = cache_alloc(ca);
 	if (ret != 0) {
+		blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE|FMODE_EXCL);
 		if (ret == -ENOMEM)
 			err = "cache_alloc(): -ENOMEM";
 		else
@@ -1884,14 +1887,14 @@ static int register_cache(struct cache_sb *sb, struct page *sb_page,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	pr_info("registered cache device %s", bdevname(bdev, name));
+	pr_info("registered cache device %s", name);
 
 out:
 	kobject_put(&ca->kobj);
 
 err:
 	if (err)
-		pr_notice("error opening %s: %s", bdevname(bdev, name), err);
+		pr_notice("error %s: %s", name, err);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1980,6 +1983,7 @@ static ssize_t register_bcache(struct kobject *k, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 	if (err)
 		goto err_close;
 
+	err = "failed to register device";
 	if (SB_IS_BDEV(sb)) {
 		struct cached_dev *dc = kzalloc(sizeof(*dc), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!dc)
@@ -1994,7 +1998,7 @@ static ssize_t register_bcache(struct kobject *k, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 			goto err_close;
 
 		if (register_cache(sb, sb_page, bdev, ca) != 0)
-			goto err_close;
+			goto err;
 	}
 out:
 	if (sb_page)
@@ -2007,7 +2011,7 @@ out:
 err_close:
 	blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE|FMODE_EXCL);
 err:
-	pr_info("error opening %s: %s", path, err);
+	pr_info("error %s: %s", path, err);
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 	goto out;
 }