diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
index 4a08b624910a0a4114ba43f8b2c0dfdf6c47da1d..a81b890c7ee648255c099264bfccb214b2a56b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/bus.c
@@ -702,13 +702,15 @@ void *mei_cldev_dma_map(struct mei_cl_device *cldev, u8 buffer_id, size_t size)
 	if (cl->state == MEI_FILE_UNINITIALIZED) {
 		ret = mei_cl_link(cl);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out;
+			goto notlinked;
 		/* update pointers */
 		cl->cldev = cldev;
 	}
 
 	ret = mei_cl_dma_alloc_and_map(cl, NULL, buffer_id, size);
-out:
+	if (ret)
+		mei_cl_unlink(cl);
+notlinked:
 	mutex_unlock(&bus->device_lock);
 	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
@@ -758,7 +760,7 @@ int mei_cldev_enable(struct mei_cl_device *cldev)
 	if (cl->state == MEI_FILE_UNINITIALIZED) {
 		ret = mei_cl_link(cl);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out;
+			goto notlinked;
 		/* update pointers */
 		cl->cldev = cldev;
 	}
@@ -785,6 +787,9 @@ int mei_cldev_enable(struct mei_cl_device *cldev)
 	}
 
 out:
+	if (ret)
+		mei_cl_unlink(cl);
+notlinked:
 	mutex_unlock(&bus->device_lock);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -1277,7 +1282,6 @@ static void mei_cl_bus_dev_release(struct device *dev)
 	mei_cl_flush_queues(cldev->cl, NULL);
 	mei_me_cl_put(cldev->me_cl);
 	mei_dev_bus_put(cldev->bus);
-	mei_cl_unlink(cldev->cl);
 	kfree(cldev->cl);
 	kfree(cldev);
 }