diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
index ae660f25a0e5..e6505624f0c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl3501_cs.c
@@ -1862,6 +1862,7 @@ static int wl3501_probe(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct wl3501_card *this;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* The io structure describes IO port mapping */
 	p_dev->resource[0]->end	= 16;
@@ -1873,8 +1874,7 @@ static int wl3501_probe(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 
 	dev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct wl3501_card));
 	if (!dev)
-		goto out_link;
-
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dev->netdev_ops		= &wl3501_netdev_ops;
 	dev->watchdog_timeo	= 5 * HZ;
@@ -1887,9 +1887,15 @@ static int wl3501_probe(struct pcmcia_device *p_dev)
 	netif_stop_queue(dev);
 	p_dev->priv = dev;
 
-	return wl3501_config(p_dev);
-out_link:
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	ret = wl3501_config(p_dev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_free_etherdev;
+
+	return 0;
+
+out_free_etherdev:
+	free_netdev(dev);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int wl3501_config(struct pcmcia_device *link)