dev_err(&dev->dev, "SMBus base address uninitialized, "
                        "upgrade BIOS\n");
                err = -ENODEV;
-               goto exit_disable;
+               goto exit;
        }
 
        err = pci_request_region(dev, SMBBAR, i801_driver.name);
                dev_err(&dev->dev, "Failed to request SMBus region "
                        "0x%lx-0x%lx\n", i801_smba,
                        pci_resource_end(dev, SMBBAR));
-               goto exit_disable;
+               goto exit;
        }
 
        pci_read_config_byte(I801_dev, SMBHSTCFG, &temp);
        err = i2c_add_adapter(&i801_adapter);
        if (err) {
                dev_err(&dev->dev, "Failed to add SMBus adapter\n");
-               goto exit_disable;
+               goto exit_release;
        }
+       return 0;
 
-exit_disable:
-       pci_disable_device(dev);
+exit_release:
+       pci_release_region(dev, SMBBAR);
 exit:
        return err;
 }
 {
        i2c_del_adapter(&i801_adapter);
        pci_release_region(dev, SMBBAR);
-       pci_disable_device(dev);
+       /*
+        * do not call pci_disable_device(dev) since it can cause hard hangs on
+        * some systems during power-off (eg. Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E8010)
+        */
 }
 
 static struct pci_driver i801_driver = {