diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index c1138da5d8fb83120e688c696eb842821187cf45..ceede9d485ed09ce7ff79923188b0d0bbe2e6c1d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ 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;
 		}
@@ -506,6 +507,7 @@ 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;
 		}
@@ -538,6 +540,7 @@ 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;
@@ -560,6 +563,7 @@ 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;
 	}
@@ -578,6 +582,7 @@ 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);
 	}