diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/nct6683.c b/drivers/hwmon/nct6683.c
index 540c81c52344..7710f4694ba1 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/nct6683.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/nct6683.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ static int __init sensors_nct6683_init(void)
 		pdev[i] = platform_device_alloc(DRVNAME, address);
 		if (!pdev[i]) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto exit_device_put;
+			goto exit_device_unregister;
 		}
 
 		err = platform_device_add_data(pdev[i], &sio_data,
@@ -1427,9 +1427,11 @@ static int __init sensors_nct6683_init(void)
 	return 0;
 
 exit_device_put:
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pdev); i++) {
+	platform_device_put(pdev[i]);
+exit_device_unregister:
+	while (--i >= 0) {
 		if (pdev[i])
-			platform_device_put(pdev[i]);
+			platform_device_unregister(pdev[i]);
 	}
 exit_unregister:
 	platform_driver_unregister(&nct6683_driver);