diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c b/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
index c5e8b9cb170d..2517038a8452 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/omap-mailbox.c
@@ -906,7 +906,11 @@ static int __init omap_mbox_init(void)
 	mbox_kfifo_size = max_t(unsigned int, mbox_kfifo_size,
 							sizeof(mbox_msg_t));
 
-	return platform_driver_register(&omap_mbox_driver);
+	err = platform_driver_register(&omap_mbox_driver);
+	if (err)
+		class_unregister(&omap_mbox_class);
+
+	return err;
 }
 subsys_initcall(omap_mbox_init);