{
        static int cards_found;
        static int did_version;
-       int err;
+       int err = -ENODEV;
        struct net_device *netdev;
        struct adapter *adapter;
        void __iomem *memmapped_ioaddr = NULL;
                        DBG_MSG
                            ("No usable DMA configuration, aborting  err[%x]\n",
                             err);
-                       return err;
+                       goto err_out_disable_pci;
                }
                DBG_MSG("pci_set_dma_mask(DMA_32BIT_MASK) successful\n");
        }
        err = pci_request_regions(pcidev, DRV_NAME);
        if (err) {
                DBG_MSG("pci_request_regions FAILED err[%x]\n", err);
-               return err;
+               goto err_out_disable_pci;
        }
 
        DBG_MSG("call pci_set_master\n");
        if (!memmapped_ioaddr) {
                DBG_ERROR("%s cannot remap MMIO region %lx @ %lx\n",
                          __func__, mmio_len, mmio_start);
-               goto err_out_free_mmio_region;
+               goto err_out_free_netdev;
        }
 
        DBG_MSG
 
 err_out_unmap:
        iounmap(memmapped_ioaddr);
-
 err_out_free_mmio_region:
        release_mem_region(mmio_start, mmio_len);
-
+err_out_free_netdev:
+       free_netdev(netdev);
 err_out_exit_slic_probe:
        pci_release_regions(pcidev);
        DBG_ERROR("%s EXIT jiffies[%lx] cpu %d\n", __func__, jiffies,
                  smp_processor_id());
-
-       return -ENODEV;
+err_out_disable_pci:
+       pci_disable_device(pcidev);
+       return err;
 }
 
 static int slic_entry_open(struct net_device *dev)