diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 994db21f59bf..79d7fc5e0ddd 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -522,7 +522,11 @@ retry:
 	hlist_add_head(&s->s_instances, &type->fs_supers);
 	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 	get_filesystem(type);
-	register_shrinker(&s->s_shrink);
+	err = register_shrinker(&s->s_shrink);
+	if (err) {
+		deactivate_locked_super(s);
+		s = ERR_PTR(err);
+	}
 	return s;
 }