diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index 2c965424d383..ba7c4c685db3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -997,10 +997,14 @@ int dm_mq_init_request_queue(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_table *t)
 	dm_init_md_queue(md);
 
 	/* backfill 'mq' sysfs registration normally done in blk_register_queue */
-	blk_mq_register_dev(disk_to_dev(md->disk), q);
+	err = blk_mq_register_dev(disk_to_dev(md->disk), q);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_cleanup_queue;
 
 	return 0;
 
+out_cleanup_queue:
+	blk_cleanup_queue(q);
 out_tag_set:
 	blk_mq_free_tag_set(md->tag_set);
 out_kfree_tag_set: