diff --git a/include/linux/atalk.h b/include/linux/atalk.h
index d5cfc0b15b76..f6034ba774be 100644
--- a/include/linux/atalk.h
+++ b/include/linux/atalk.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static __inline__ struct elapaarp *aarp_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb)
 #define AARP_RESOLVE_TIME	(10 * HZ)
 
 extern struct datalink_proto *ddp_dl, *aarp_dl;
-extern void aarp_proto_init(void);
+extern int aarp_proto_init(void);
 
 /* Inter module exports */
 
diff --git a/net/appletalk/aarp.c b/net/appletalk/aarp.c
index 49a16cee2aae..420a98bf79b5 100644
--- a/net/appletalk/aarp.c
+++ b/net/appletalk/aarp.c
@@ -879,15 +879,24 @@ static struct notifier_block aarp_notifier = {
 
 static unsigned char aarp_snap_id[] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0xF3 };
 
-void __init aarp_proto_init(void)
+int __init aarp_proto_init(void)
 {
+	int rc;
+
 	aarp_dl = register_snap_client(aarp_snap_id, aarp_rcv);
-	if (!aarp_dl)
+	if (!aarp_dl) {
 		printk(KERN_CRIT "Unable to register AARP with SNAP.\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	timer_setup(&aarp_timer, aarp_expire_timeout, 0);
 	aarp_timer.expires  = jiffies + sysctl_aarp_expiry_time;
 	add_timer(&aarp_timer);
-	register_netdevice_notifier(&aarp_notifier);
+	rc = register_netdevice_notifier(&aarp_notifier);
+	if (rc) {
+		del_timer_sync(&aarp_timer);
+		unregister_snap_client(aarp_dl);
+	}
+	return rc;
 }
 
 /* Remove the AARP entries associated with a device. */
diff --git a/net/appletalk/ddp.c b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
index 795fbc6c06aa..709d2542f729 100644
--- a/net/appletalk/ddp.c
+++ b/net/appletalk/ddp.c
@@ -1904,9 +1904,6 @@ static unsigned char ddp_snap_id[] = { 0x08, 0x00, 0x07, 0x80, 0x9B };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(atrtr_get_dev);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(atalk_find_dev_addr);
 
-static const char atalk_err_snap[] __initconst =
-	KERN_CRIT "Unable to register DDP with SNAP.\n";
-
 /* Called by proto.c on kernel start up */
 static int __init atalk_init(void)
 {
@@ -1921,17 +1918,22 @@ static int __init atalk_init(void)
 		goto out_proto;
 
 	ddp_dl = register_snap_client(ddp_snap_id, atalk_rcv);
-	if (!ddp_dl)
-		printk(atalk_err_snap);
+	if (!ddp_dl) {
+		pr_crit("Unable to register DDP with SNAP.\n");
+		goto out_sock;
+	}
 
 	dev_add_pack(&ltalk_packet_type);
 	dev_add_pack(&ppptalk_packet_type);
 
 	rc = register_netdevice_notifier(&ddp_notifier);
 	if (rc)
-		goto out_sock;
+		goto out_snap;
+
+	rc = aarp_proto_init();
+	if (rc)
+		goto out_dev;
 
-	aarp_proto_init();
 	rc = atalk_proc_init();
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_aarp;
@@ -1945,11 +1947,13 @@ static int __init atalk_init(void)
 	atalk_proc_exit();
 out_aarp:
 	aarp_cleanup_module();
+out_dev:
 	unregister_netdevice_notifier(&ddp_notifier);
-out_sock:
+out_snap:
 	dev_remove_pack(&ppptalk_packet_type);
 	dev_remove_pack(&ltalk_packet_type);
 	unregister_snap_client(ddp_dl);
+out_sock:
 	sock_unregister(PF_APPLETALK);
 out_proto:
 	proto_unregister(&ddp_proto);