diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/aim-v4l2/video.c b/drivers/staging/most/aim-v4l2/video.c
index e0fee8807312a2f83fa6ba699e0dee8651bcff1e..0cca9ce87464bbdbdc1ca683873228868eb17164 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/aim-v4l2/video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/aim-v4l2/video.c
@@ -463,13 +463,9 @@ static int aim_register_videodev(struct most_video_dev *mdev)
 	if (ret) {
 		v4l2_err(&mdev->v4l2_dev, "video_register_device failed (%d)\n",
 			 ret);
-		goto err_vbi_dev;
+		video_device_release(mdev->vdev);
 	}
 
-	return 0;
-
-err_vbi_dev:
-	video_device_release(mdev->vdev);
 	return ret;
 }