pr_debug("bus %s: add device %s\n", bus->name, dev->bus_id);
                error = device_add_attrs(bus, dev);
                if (error)
-                       goto out;
+                       goto out_put;
                error = sysfs_create_link(&bus->devices.kobj,
                                                &dev->kobj, dev->bus_id);
                if (error)
-                       goto out;
+                       goto out_id;
                error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj,
                                &dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem");
                if (error)
-                       goto out;
+                       goto out_subsys;
                error = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj,
                                &dev->bus->subsys.kset.kobj, "bus");
+               if (error)
+                       goto out_deprecated;
        }
-out:
+       return 0;
+
+out_deprecated:
+       sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "subsystem");
+out_subsys:
+       sysfs_remove_link(&bus->devices.kobj, dev->bus_id);
+out_id:
+       device_remove_attrs(bus, dev);
+out_put:
+       put_bus(dev->bus);
        return error;
 }