static void gameport_bind_driver(struct gameport *gameport, struct gameport_driver *drv)
 {
+       int error;
+
        down_write(&gameport_bus.subsys.rwsem);
 
        gameport->dev.driver = &drv->driver;
                gameport->dev.driver = NULL;
                goto out;
        }
-       device_bind_driver(&gameport->dev);
-out:
+
+       error = device_bind_driver(&gameport->dev);
+       if (error) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING
+                       "gameport: device_bind_driver() failed "
+                       "for %s (%s) and %s, error: %d\n",
+                       gameport->phys, gameport->name,
+                       drv->description, error);
+               drv->disconnect(gameport);
+               gameport->dev.driver = NULL;
+               goto out;
+       }
+
+ out:
        up_write(&gameport_bus.subsys.rwsem);
 }