diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c
index e8594bbaea60..c6109a385cac 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/aty/radeon_base.c
@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ static int radeonfb_pci_register(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	ret = radeon_kick_out_firmware_fb(pdev);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto err_release_fb;
 
 	/* request the mem regions */
 	ret = pci_request_region(pdev, 0, "radeonfb framebuffer");