diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c
index 0a09a85ac9d6..77b1b10456f5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/stm/drv.c
@@ -201,12 +201,14 @@ static int stm_drm_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	ret = drm_dev_register(ddev, 0);
 	if (ret)
-		goto err_put;
+		goto err_unload;
 
 	drm_fbdev_generic_setup(ddev, 16);
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_unload:
+	drv_unload(ddev);
 err_put:
 	drm_dev_put(ddev);