diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index 1caaa3b3ee10..25d66de41287 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -1557,7 +1557,10 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 		goto out_list;
 	}
 
-	dev_set_name(&adap->dev, "i2c-%d", adap->nr);
+	res = dev_set_name(&adap->dev, "i2c-%d", adap->nr);
+	if (res)
+		goto err_remove_irq_domain;
+
 	adap->dev.bus = &i2c_bus_type;
 	adap->dev.type = &i2c_adapter_type;
 	device_initialize(&adap->dev);
@@ -1575,14 +1578,14 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 	pm_suspend_ignore_children(&adap->dev, true);
 	pm_runtime_enable(&adap->dev);
 
+	adap->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(&adap->dev), i2c_debugfs_root);
+
 	res = device_add(&adap->dev);
 	if (res) {
 		pr_err("adapter '%s': can't register device (%d)\n", adap->name, res);
-		goto err_put_adap;
+		goto err_remove_debugfs;
 	}
 
-	adap->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(&adap->dev), i2c_debugfs_root);
-
 	res = i2c_setup_smbus_alert(adap);
 	if (res)
 		goto out_reg;
@@ -1606,13 +1609,14 @@ static int i2c_register_adapter(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
 
 out_reg:
 	i2c_deregister_clients(adap);
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(adap->debugfs);
 	device_del(&adap->dev);
+err_remove_debugfs:
+	debugfs_remove_recursive(adap->debugfs);
 err_put_adap:
 	init_completion(&adap->dev_released);
 	put_device(&adap->dev);
 	wait_for_completion(&adap->dev_released);
-
+err_remove_irq_domain:
 	i2c_host_notify_irq_teardown(adap);
 out_list:
 	mutex_lock(&core_lock);