diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-tca6507.c b/drivers/leds/leds-tca6507.c
index 133f89fb7071..ec06a8101e56 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-tca6507.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-tca6507.c
@@ -687,10 +687,9 @@ static int __devinit tca6507_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 			NUM_LEDS);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
-	err = -ENOMEM;
 	tca = kzalloc(sizeof(*tca), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tca)
-		goto exit;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	tca->client = client;
 	INIT_WORK(&tca->work, tca6507_work);
@@ -724,11 +723,10 @@ static int __devinit tca6507_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 	return 0;
 exit:
-	while (i--)
+	while (i--) {
 		if (tca->leds[i].led_cdev.name)
 			led_classdev_unregister(&tca->leds[i].led_cdev);
-	cancel_work_sync(&tca->work);
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
+	}
 	kfree(tca);
 	return err;
 }