return -EINVAL;
 
        if (!strlen(class_dev->class_id))
-               goto register_done;
+               goto out1;
 
        parent_class = class_get(class_dev->class);
        if (!parent_class)
-               goto register_done;
+               goto out1;
+
        parent_class_dev = class_device_get(class_dev->parent);
 
        pr_debug("CLASS: registering class device: ID = '%s'\n",
                 class_dev->class_id);
 
        /* first, register with generic layer. */
-       kobject_set_name(&class_dev->kobj, "%s", class_dev->class_id);
+       error = kobject_set_name(&class_dev->kobj, "%s", class_dev->class_id);
+       if (error)
+               goto out2;
+
        if (parent_class_dev)
                class_dev->kobj.parent = &parent_class_dev->kobj;
        else
 
        error = kobject_add(&class_dev->kobj);
        if (error)
-               goto register_done;
+               goto out2;
 
        /* add the needed attributes to this device */
        class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
        class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
        class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent_class->owner;
        class_dev->uevent_attr.store = store_uevent;
-       class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+       error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+       if (error)
+               goto out3;
 
        if (MAJOR(class_dev->devt)) {
                struct class_device_attribute *attr;
                attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!attr) {
                        error = -ENOMEM;
-                       kobject_del(&class_dev->kobj);
-                       goto register_done;
+                       goto out4;
                }
                attr->attr.name = "dev";
                attr->attr.mode = S_IRUGO;
                attr->attr.owner = parent_class->owner;
                attr->show = show_dev;
-               class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
+               error = class_device_create_file(class_dev, attr);
+               if (error) {
+                       kfree(attr);
+                       goto out4;
+               }
+
                class_dev->devt_attr = attr;
        }
 
-       class_device_add_attrs(class_dev);
+       error = class_device_add_attrs(class_dev);
+       if (error)
+               goto out5;
+
        if (class_dev->dev) {
                class_name = make_class_name(class_dev);
-               sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->kobj,
-                                 &class_dev->dev->kobj, "device");
-               sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
-                                 class_name);
+               error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->kobj,
+                                         &class_dev->dev->kobj, "device");
+               if (error)
+                       goto out6;
+               error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->dev->kobj, &class_dev->kobj,
+                                         class_name);
+               if (error)
+                       goto out7;
        }
 
-       class_device_add_groups(class_dev);
+       error = class_device_add_groups(class_dev);
+       if (error)
+               goto out8;
 
        kobject_uevent(&class_dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
        }
        up(&parent_class->sem);
 
- register_done:
-       if (error) {
-               class_put(parent_class);
+       goto out1;
+
+ out8:
+       if (class_dev->dev)
+               sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, class_name);
+ out7:
+       if (class_dev->dev)
+               sysfs_remove_link(&class_dev->kobj, "device");
+ out6:
+       class_device_remove_attrs(class_dev);
+ out5:
+       if (class_dev->devt_attr)
+               class_device_remove_file(class_dev, class_dev->devt_attr);
+ out4:
+       class_device_remove_file(class_dev, &class_dev->uevent_attr);
+ out3:
+       kobject_del(&class_dev->kobj);
+ out2:
+       if(parent_class_dev)
                class_device_put(parent_class_dev);
-       }
+       class_put(parent_class);
+ out1:
        class_device_put(class_dev);
        kfree(class_name);
        return error;