if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(sony_acpi_handle, "GBRT", &handle))) {
                sony_backlight_device = backlight_device_register("sony", NULL,
                                        NULL, &sony_backlight_properties);
+
                if (IS_ERR(sony_backlight_device)) {
                        printk(LOG_PFX "unable to register backlight device\n");
+                       sony_backlight_device = NULL;
                }
+               else
+                       sony_backlight_properties.brightness =
+                               sony_backlight_get_brightness(sony_backlight_device);
        }
 
        for (item = sony_acpi_values; item->name; ++item) {
        return 0;
 
 outproc:
+       if (sony_backlight_device)
+               backlight_device_unregister(sony_backlight_device);
+
        for (item = sony_acpi_values; item->name; ++item)
                if (item->proc)
                        remove_proc_entry(item->name, acpi_device_dir(device));