child->iproto = phy->attached_iproto;
        memcpy(child->sas_addr, phy->attached_sas_addr, SAS_ADDR_SIZE);
        sas_hash_addr(child->hashed_sas_addr, child->sas_addr);
-       phy->port = sas_port_alloc(&parent->rphy->dev, phy_id);
-       BUG_ON(!phy->port);
-       /* FIXME: better error handling*/
-       BUG_ON(sas_port_add(phy->port) != 0);
+       if (!phy->port) {
+               phy->port = sas_port_alloc(&parent->rphy->dev, phy_id);
+               if (unlikely(!phy->port))
+                       goto out_err;
+               if (unlikely(sas_port_add(phy->port) != 0)) {
+                       sas_port_free(phy->port);
+                       goto out_err;
+               }
+       }
        sas_ex_get_linkrate(parent, child, phy);
 
        if ((phy->attached_tproto & SAS_PROTO_STP) || phy->attached_sata_dev) {
                        SAS_DPRINTK("report phy sata to %016llx:0x%x returned "
                                    "0x%x\n", SAS_ADDR(parent->sas_addr),
                                    phy_id, res);
-                       kfree(child);
-                       return NULL;
+                       goto out_free;
                }
                memcpy(child->frame_rcvd, &child->sata_dev.rps_resp.rps.fis,
                       sizeof(struct dev_to_host_fis));
                                    "%016llx:0x%x returned 0x%x\n",
                                    SAS_ADDR(child->sas_addr),
                                    SAS_ADDR(parent->sas_addr), phy_id, res);
-                       kfree(child);
-                       return NULL;
+                       goto out_free;
                }
        } else if (phy->attached_tproto & SAS_PROTO_SSP) {
                child->dev_type = SAS_END_DEV;
                rphy = sas_end_device_alloc(phy->port);
                /* FIXME: error handling */
-               BUG_ON(!rphy);
+               if (unlikely(!rphy))
+                       goto out_free;
                child->tproto = phy->attached_tproto;
                sas_init_dev(child);
 
                                    "at %016llx:0x%x returned 0x%x\n",
                                    SAS_ADDR(child->sas_addr),
                                    SAS_ADDR(parent->sas_addr), phy_id, res);
-                       /* FIXME: this kfrees list elements without removing them */
-                       //kfree(child);
-                       return NULL;
+                       goto out_list_del;
                }
        } else {
                SAS_DPRINTK("target proto 0x%x at %016llx:0x%x not handled\n",
 
        list_add_tail(&child->siblings, &parent_ex->children);
        return child;
+
+ out_list_del:
+       list_del(&child->dev_list_node);
+       sas_rphy_free(rphy);
+ out_free:
+       sas_port_delete(phy->port);
+ out_err:
+       phy->port = NULL;
+       kfree(child);
+       return NULL;
 }
 
 static struct domain_device *sas_ex_discover_expander(