diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
index 1327df0bddbd..372a9bc14a22 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
@@ -4675,8 +4675,10 @@ static int __init panel_simple_init(void)
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_MIPI_DSI)) {
 		err = mipi_dsi_driver_register(&panel_simple_dsi_driver);
-		if (err < 0)
+		if (err < 0) {
+			platform_driver_unregister(&panel_simple_platform_driver);
 			return err;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;