diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
index 8e5da1e460766ea501496b151d35ad7ed8777749..7ce30a239ada05cf339106c58a78a569bd799cf4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
@@ -348,7 +348,8 @@ static void mtdblock_add_mtd(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr, struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	if (!(mtd->flags & MTD_WRITEABLE))
 		dev->mbd.readonly = 1;
 
-	add_mtd_blktrans_dev(&dev->mbd);
+	if (add_mtd_blktrans_dev(&dev->mbd))
+		kfree(dev);
 }
 
 static void mtdblock_remove_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock_ro.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock_ro.c
index 54ff2880cf6591d6d71123f405c6823df319b142..d0d3f79f9d03e7a94a38f8c6d8f2f96530876c99 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock_ro.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock_ro.c
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ static void mtdblock_add_mtd(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr, struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	dev->tr = tr;
 	dev->readonly = 1;
 
-	add_mtd_blktrans_dev(dev);
+	if (add_mtd_blktrans_dev(dev))
+		kfree(dev);
 }
 
 static void mtdblock_remove_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *dev)