diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c
index 4d9469733fd9..4ca0f9a2ad8a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/davinci/vpbe.c
@@ -631,8 +631,10 @@ static int vpbe_initialize(struct device *dev, struct vpbe_device *vpbe_dev)
 
 	err = bus_for_each_dev(&platform_bus_type, NULL, vpbe_dev,
 			       platform_device_get);
-	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+	if (err < 0) {
+		ret = err;
+		goto fail_dev_unregister;
+	}
 
 	vpbe_dev->venc = venc_sub_dev_init(&vpbe_dev->v4l2_dev,
 					   vpbe_dev->cfg->venc.module_name);