diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/base.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/base.c
index b1ba1c782a2b..8ef0ae854038 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/base.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/base.c
@@ -2261,6 +2261,8 @@ nvkm_device_init(struct nvkm_device *device)
 	} while (--i >= 0);
 
 fail:
+	nvkm_device_fini(device, false);
+
 	nvdev_error(device, "init failed with %d\n", ret);
 	return ret;
 }