diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index 2ff8a1b776fb4a1b741c81a70a92cd2fc90631ea..467be48b9004c0f5b2a04cf92d7d948467ddc750 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 		dvbdevfops = kmemdup(template->fops, sizeof(*dvbdevfops), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!dvbdevfops) {
 			kfree(dvbdev);
+			*pdvbdev = NULL;
 			mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
@@ -510,6 +511,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 		if (!new_node) {
 			kfree(dvbdevfops);
 			kfree(dvbdev);
+			*pdvbdev = NULL;
 			mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
@@ -543,6 +545,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 		}
 		list_del (&dvbdev->list_head);
 		kfree(dvbdev);
+		*pdvbdev = NULL;
 		up_write(&minor_rwsem);
 		mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -565,6 +568,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 		dvb_media_device_free(dvbdev);
 		list_del (&dvbdev->list_head);
 		kfree(dvbdev);
+		*pdvbdev = NULL;
 		mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -583,6 +587,7 @@ int dvb_register_device(struct dvb_adapter *adap, struct dvb_device **pdvbdev,
 		dvb_media_device_free(dvbdev);
 		list_del (&dvbdev->list_head);
 		kfree(dvbdev);
+		*pdvbdev = NULL;
 		mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_register_lock);
 		return PTR_ERR(clsdev);
 	}