diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
index 186308f1f8eba..6334376826a92 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/guest.c
@@ -959,10 +959,10 @@ int cxl_guest_init_afu(struct cxl *adapter, int slice, struct device_node *afu_n
 	 * if it returns an error!
 	 */
 	if ((rc = cxl_register_afu(afu)))
-		goto err_put1;
+		goto err_put_dev;
 
 	if ((rc = cxl_sysfs_afu_add(afu)))
-		goto err_put1;
+		goto err_del_dev;
 
 	/*
 	 * pHyp doesn't expose the programming models supported by the
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ int cxl_guest_init_afu(struct cxl *adapter, int slice, struct device_node *afu_n
 		afu->modes_supported = CXL_MODE_DIRECTED;
 
 	if ((rc = cxl_afu_select_best_mode(afu)))
-		goto err_put2;
+		goto err_remove_sysfs;
 
 	adapter->afu[afu->slice] = afu;
 
@@ -998,10 +998,12 @@ int cxl_guest_init_afu(struct cxl *adapter, int slice, struct device_node *afu_n
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_put2:
+err_remove_sysfs:
 	cxl_sysfs_afu_remove(afu);
-err_put1:
-	device_unregister(&afu->dev);
+err_del_dev:
+	device_del(&afu->dev);
+err_put_dev:
+	put_device(&afu->dev);
 	free = false;
 	guest_release_serr_irq(afu);
 err2:
@@ -1135,18 +1137,20 @@ struct cxl *cxl_guest_init_adapter(struct device_node *np, struct platform_devic
 	 * even if it returns an error!
 	 */
 	if ((rc = cxl_register_adapter(adapter)))
-		goto err_put1;
+		goto err_put_dev;
 
 	if ((rc = cxl_sysfs_adapter_add(adapter)))
-		goto err_put1;
+		goto err_del_dev;
 
 	/* release the context lock as the adapter is configured */
 	cxl_adapter_context_unlock(adapter);
 
 	return adapter;
 
-err_put1:
-	device_unregister(&adapter->dev);
+err_del_dev:
+	device_del(&adapter->dev);
+err_put_dev:
+	put_device(&adapter->dev);
 	free = false;
 	cxl_guest_remove_chardev(adapter);
 err1: