diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index b68f29639c10..97ac09dc12f1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -275,23 +275,22 @@ int scsi_add_host_with_dma(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct device *dev,
 					shost->work_q_name);
 		if (!shost->work_q) {
 			error = -EINVAL;
-			goto out_free_shost_data;
+			goto out_del_dev;
 		}
 	}
 
 	error = scsi_sysfs_add_host(shost);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_destroy_host;
+		goto out_del_dev;
 
 	scsi_proc_host_add(shost);
 	scsi_autopm_put_host(shost);
 	return error;
 
- out_destroy_host:
-	if (shost->work_q)
-		destroy_workqueue(shost->work_q);
- out_free_shost_data:
-	kfree(shost->shost_data);
+	/*
+	 * Any host allocation in this function will be freed in
+	 * scsi_host_dev_release().
+	 */
  out_del_dev:
 	device_del(&shost->shost_dev);
  out_del_gendev:
@@ -301,7 +300,6 @@ int scsi_add_host_with_dma(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct device *dev,
 	pm_runtime_disable(&shost->shost_gendev);
 	pm_runtime_set_suspended(&shost->shost_gendev);
 	pm_runtime_put_noidle(&shost->shost_gendev);
-	scsi_mq_destroy_tags(shost);
  fail:
 	return error;
 }