ERR(("out of memory.\n"));
                goto out;
        }
-       err = v4l2_device_register(&pci->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev);
-       if (err)
-               goto err_free;
 
        DEB_EE(("pci:%p\n",pci));
 
        err = pci_enable_device(pci);
        if (err < 0) {
                ERR(("pci_enable_device() failed.\n"));
-               goto err_unreg;
+               goto err_free;
        }
 
        /* enable bus-mastering */
                DEB_D(("ext->attach() failed for %p. skipping device.\n",dev));
                goto err_free_i2c;
        }
+       /* V4L extensions will set the pci drvdata to the v4l2_device in the
+          attach() above. So for those cards that do not use V4L we have to
+          set it explicitly. */
+       pci_set_drvdata(pci, &dev->v4l2_dev);
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->item);
        list_add_tail(&dev->item,&saa7146_devices);
        pci_release_region(pci, 0);
 err_disable:
        pci_disable_device(pci);
-err_unreg:
-       v4l2_device_unregister(&dev->v4l2_dev);
 err_free:
        kfree(dev);
        goto out;
        DEB_EE(("dev:%p\n",dev));
 
        dev->ext->detach(dev);
-       v4l2_device_unregister(&dev->v4l2_dev);
+       /* Zero the PCI drvdata after use. */
+       pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 
        /* shut down all video dma transfers */
        saa7146_write(dev, MC1, 0x00ff0000);
 
 
 int saa7146_vv_init(struct saa7146_dev* dev, struct saa7146_ext_vv *ext_vv)
 {
-       struct saa7146_vv *vv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct saa7146_vv), GFP_KERNEL);
+       struct saa7146_vv *vv;
+       int err;
+
+       err = v4l2_device_register(&dev->pci->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
 
+       vv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct saa7146_vv), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (vv == NULL) {
                ERR(("out of memory. aborting.\n"));
-               return -1;
+               return -ENOMEM;
        }
        ext_vv->ops = saa7146_video_ioctl_ops;
        ext_vv->core_ops = &saa7146_video_ioctl_ops;
 
        DEB_EE(("dev:%p\n",dev));
 
+       v4l2_device_unregister(&dev->v4l2_dev);
        pci_free_consistent(dev->pci, SAA7146_CLIPPING_MEM, vv->d_clipping.cpu_addr, vv->d_clipping.dma_handle);
        kfree(vv);
        dev->vv_data = NULL;