diff --git a/sound/isa/sb/sb16_csp.c b/sound/isa/sb/sb16_csp.c
index 270af863e198..1528e04a4d28 100644
--- a/sound/isa/sb/sb16_csp.c
+++ b/sound/isa/sb/sb16_csp.c
@@ -1045,10 +1045,14 @@ static int snd_sb_qsound_build(struct snd_sb_csp * p)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&p->q_lock);
 
-	if ((err = snd_ctl_add(card, p->qsound_switch = snd_ctl_new1(&snd_sb_qsound_switch, p))) < 0)
+	if ((err = snd_ctl_add(card, p->qsound_switch = snd_ctl_new1(&snd_sb_qsound_switch, p))) < 0) {
+		p->qsound_switch = NULL;
 		goto __error;
-	if ((err = snd_ctl_add(card, p->qsound_space = snd_ctl_new1(&snd_sb_qsound_space, p))) < 0)
+	}
+	if ((err = snd_ctl_add(card, p->qsound_space = snd_ctl_new1(&snd_sb_qsound_space, p))) < 0) {
+		p->qsound_space = NULL;
 		goto __error;
+	}
 
 	return 0;