diff --git a/fs/fuse/cuse.c b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
index 174333633471..3d38828af41f 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/cuse.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/cuse.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static void cuse_process_init_reply(struct fuse_mount *fm,
 	rc = -ENOMEM;
 	cdev = cdev_alloc();
 	if (!cdev)
-		goto err_unlock;
+		goto err_dev;
 
 	cdev->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cdev->ops = &cuse_frontend_fops;
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ static void cuse_process_init_reply(struct fuse_mount *fm,
 
 err_cdev:
 	cdev_del(cdev);
+err_dev:
+	device_del(dev);
 err_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&cuse_lock);
 	put_device(dev);