diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ips.c b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
index 5f194a807f9400a52d0520649d03caf11a0c73ce..e54d30c6a342821ea80e0276043aa5a1b679a529 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ips.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
@@ -6837,13 +6837,10 @@ ips_register_scsi(int index)
 	if (request_irq(ha->pcidev->irq, do_ipsintr, IRQF_SHARED, ips_name, ha)) {
 		IPS_PRINTK(KERN_WARNING, ha->pcidev,
 			   "Unable to install interrupt handler\n");
-		scsi_host_put(sh);
-		return -1;
+		goto err_out_sh;
 	}
 
 	kfree(oldha);
-	ips_sh[index] = sh;
-	ips_ha[index] = ha;
 
 	/* Store away needed values for later use */
 	sh->unique_id = (ha->io_addr) ? ha->io_addr : ha->mem_addr;
@@ -6859,10 +6856,21 @@ ips_register_scsi(int index)
 	sh->max_channel = ha->nbus - 1;
 	sh->can_queue = ha->max_cmds - 1;
 
-	scsi_add_host(sh, NULL);
+	if (scsi_add_host(sh, &ha->pcidev->dev))
+		goto err_out;
+
+	ips_sh[index] = sh;
+	ips_ha[index] = ha;
+
 	scsi_scan_host(sh);
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_out:
+	free_irq(ha->pcidev->irq, ha);
+err_out_sh:
+	scsi_host_put(sh);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/