diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index bbd1e357c23df64b385f4baf119e649342c9c50e..f4fd2e72add4ebd512d4e3e499c0c07999c455df 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -898,8 +898,22 @@ static struct platform_driver ramoops_driver = {
 	},
 };
 
-static void ramoops_register_dummy(void)
+static inline void ramoops_unregister_dummy(void)
 {
+	platform_device_unregister(dummy);
+	dummy = NULL;
+
+	kfree(dummy_data);
+	dummy_data = NULL;
+}
+
+static void __init ramoops_register_dummy(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Prepare a dummy platform data structure to carry the module
+	 * parameters. If mem_size isn't set, then there are no module
+	 * parameters, and we can skip this.
+	 */
 	if (!mem_size)
 		return;
 
@@ -932,21 +946,28 @@ static void ramoops_register_dummy(void)
 	if (IS_ERR(dummy)) {
 		pr_info("could not create platform device: %ld\n",
 			PTR_ERR(dummy));
+		dummy = NULL;
+		ramoops_unregister_dummy();
 	}
 }
 
 static int __init ramoops_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	ramoops_register_dummy();
-	return platform_driver_register(&ramoops_driver);
+	ret = platform_driver_register(&ramoops_driver);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		ramoops_unregister_dummy();
+
+	return ret;
 }
 late_initcall(ramoops_init);
 
 static void __exit ramoops_exit(void)
 {
 	platform_driver_unregister(&ramoops_driver);
-	platform_device_unregister(dummy);
-	kfree(dummy_data);
+	ramoops_unregister_dummy();
 }
 module_exit(ramoops_exit);