diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
index 8e779eecd62d..7f05a44e9a9f 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
@@ -1018,8 +1018,10 @@ static int vpci_scan_bus(void *sysdata)
 	struct epf_ntb *ndev = sysdata;
 
 	vpci_bus = pci_scan_bus(ndev->vbus_number, &vpci_ops, sysdata);
-	if (vpci_bus)
-		pr_err("create pci bus\n");
+	if (!vpci_bus) {
+		pr_err("create pci bus failed\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	pci_bus_add_devices(vpci_bus);
 
@@ -1338,10 +1340,14 @@ static int epf_ntb_bind(struct pci_epf *epf)
 		goto err_bar_alloc;
 	}
 
-	vpci_scan_bus(ntb);
+	ret = vpci_scan_bus(ntb);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_unregister;
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_unregister:
+	pci_unregister_driver(&vntb_pci_driver);
 err_bar_alloc:
 	epf_ntb_config_spad_bar_free(ntb);