diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c
index 6c9e3290af56b948c4549546350b8ebe2ec2abf9..28e1fd64dd3c22a8324e0d0f4fa79b28e9fe0244 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c
@@ -79,11 +79,17 @@ static int dvb_usb_adapter_init(struct dvb_usb_device *d, short *adapter_nrs)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ((ret = dvb_usb_adapter_stream_init(adap)) ||
-			(ret = dvb_usb_adapter_dvb_init(adap, adapter_nrs)) ||
-			(ret = dvb_usb_adapter_frontend_init(adap))) {
+		ret = dvb_usb_adapter_stream_init(adap);
+		if (ret)
 			return ret;
-		}
+
+		ret = dvb_usb_adapter_dvb_init(adap, adapter_nrs);
+		if (ret)
+			goto dvb_init_err;
+
+		ret = dvb_usb_adapter_frontend_init(adap);
+		if (ret)
+			goto frontend_init_err;
 
 		/* use exclusive FE lock if there is multiple shared FEs */
 		if (adap->fe_adap[1].fe)
@@ -103,6 +109,12 @@ static int dvb_usb_adapter_init(struct dvb_usb_device *d, short *adapter_nrs)
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+
+frontend_init_err:
+	dvb_usb_adapter_dvb_exit(adap);
+dvb_init_err:
+	dvb_usb_adapter_stream_exit(adap);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int dvb_usb_adapter_exit(struct dvb_usb_device *d)