diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_devlink.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_devlink.c
index 86834d96cebf..0ab02d6d3817 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_devlink.c
@@ -148,16 +148,20 @@ static const struct devlink_health_reporter_ops qlge_reporter_ops = {
 	.dump = qlge_reporter_coredump,
 };
 
-void qlge_health_create_reporters(struct qlge_adapter *priv)
+long qlge_health_create_reporters(struct qlge_adapter *priv)
 {
 	struct devlink *devlink;
+	long err = 0;
 
 	devlink = priv_to_devlink(priv);
 	priv->reporter =
 		devlink_health_reporter_create(devlink, &qlge_reporter_ops,
 					       0, priv);
-	if (IS_ERR(priv->reporter))
+	if (IS_ERR(priv->reporter)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(priv->reporter);
 		netdev_warn(priv->ndev,
 			    "Failed to create reporter, err = %ld\n",
-			    PTR_ERR(priv->reporter));
+			    err);
+	}
+	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_devlink.h b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_devlink.h
index 19078e1ac694..94538e923f2f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_devlink.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_devlink.h
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <net/devlink.h>
 
-void qlge_health_create_reporters(struct qlge_adapter *priv);
+long qlge_health_create_reporters(struct qlge_adapter *priv);
 
 #endif /* QLGE_DEVLINK_H */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
index e11470910ef3..c9dc6a852af4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -4621,7 +4621,11 @@ static int qlge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (err)
 		goto netdev_free;
 
-	qlge_health_create_reporters(qdev);
+	err = qlge_health_create_reporters(qdev);
+
+	if (err)
+		goto devlink_unregister;
+
 	/* Start up the timer to trigger EEH if
 	 * the bus goes dead
 	 */
@@ -4633,6 +4637,8 @@ static int qlge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	cards_found++;
 	return 0;
 
+devlink_unregister:
+	devlink_unregister(devlink);
 netdev_free:
 	free_netdev(ndev);
 devlink_free: