diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
index 5c7eb63..392d8db 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
@@ -854,82 +854,73 @@
 	transport_configure_device(&starget->dev);
 	error = device_add(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
 	if (error) {
-		put_device(sdev->sdev_gendev.parent);
 		printk(KERN_INFO "error 1\n");
-		return error;
+		goto out_remove;
 	}
 	error = device_add(&sdev->sdev_dev);
 	if (error) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "error 2\n");
-		goto clean_device;
+		device_del(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
+		goto out_remove;
 	}
+	transport_add_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
+	sdev->is_visible = 1;
 
 	/* create queue files, which may be writable, depending on the host */
 	if (sdev->host->hostt->change_queue_depth)
 		error = device_create_file(&sdev->sdev_gendev, &sdev_attr_queue_depth_rw);
 	else
 		error = device_create_file(&sdev->sdev_gendev, &dev_attr_queue_depth);
-	if (error) {
-		__scsi_remove_device(sdev);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (error)
+		goto out_remove;
+
 	if (sdev->host->hostt->change_queue_type)
 		error = device_create_file(&sdev->sdev_gendev, &sdev_attr_queue_type_rw);
 	else
 		error = device_create_file(&sdev->sdev_gendev, &dev_attr_queue_type);
-	if (error) {
-		__scsi_remove_device(sdev);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (error)
+		goto out_remove;
 
 	error = bsg_register_queue(rq, &sdev->sdev_gendev, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (error)
+		/* we're treating error on bsg register as non-fatal,
+		 * so pretend nothing went wrong */
 		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
 			    "Failed to register bsg queue, errno=%d\n", error);
 
-	/* we're treating error on bsg register as non-fatal, so pretend
-	 * nothing went wrong */
-	error = 0;
-
 	/* add additional host specific attributes */
 	if (sdev->host->hostt->sdev_attrs) {
 		for (i = 0; sdev->host->hostt->sdev_attrs[i]; i++) {
 			error = device_create_file(&sdev->sdev_gendev,
 					sdev->host->hostt->sdev_attrs[i]);
-			if (error) {
-				__scsi_remove_device(sdev);
-				goto out;
-			}
+			if (error)
+				goto out_remove;
 		}
 	}
 
-	transport_add_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
- out:
+	return 0;
+
+ out_remove:
+	__scsi_remove_device(sdev);
 	return error;
 
- clean_device:
-	scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_CANCEL);
-
-	device_del(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
-	transport_destroy_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
-	put_device(&sdev->sdev_dev);
-	put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
-
-	return error;
 }
 
 void __scsi_remove_device(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &sdev->sdev_gendev;
 
-	if (scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_CANCEL) != 0)
-		return;
+	if (sdev->is_visible) {
+		if (scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_CANCEL) != 0)
+			return;
 
-	bsg_unregister_queue(sdev->request_queue);
-	device_unregister(&sdev->sdev_dev);
-	transport_remove_device(dev);
-	device_del(dev);
+		bsg_unregister_queue(sdev->request_queue);
+		device_unregister(&sdev->sdev_dev);
+		transport_remove_device(dev);
+		device_del(dev);
+	} else
+		put_device(&sdev->sdev_dev);
 	scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_DEL);
 	if (sdev->host->hostt->slave_destroy)
 		sdev->host->hostt->slave_destroy(sdev);