diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index 62aa320c207087b155e31512be048a9fdf3622a9..77e68c4868be8fff04761224e4795eacd8858fa0 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -3844,10 +3844,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_of_get_dai_link_codecs);
 
 static int __init snd_soc_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	snd_soc_debugfs_init();
-	snd_soc_util_init();
+	ret = snd_soc_util_init();
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_util_init;
 
-	return platform_driver_register(&soc_driver);
+	ret = platform_driver_register(&soc_driver);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_register;
+	return 0;
+
+err_register:
+	snd_soc_util_exit();
+err_util_init:
+	snd_soc_debugfs_exit();
+	return ret;
 }
 module_init(snd_soc_init);
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-utils.c b/sound/soc/soc-utils.c
index e0c93496c0cda699cef17f07386ae479b758fc03..ba7e5ee30f66c12030e01c0dd38df9744ac79640 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-utils.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-utils.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ int __init snd_soc_util_init(void)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void __exit snd_soc_util_exit(void)
+void snd_soc_util_exit(void)
 {
 	platform_driver_unregister(&soc_dummy_driver);
 	platform_device_unregister(soc_dummy_dev);