diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c
index 3d1ae5267a73..aa51cb72cbba 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/imsttfb.c
@@ -1419,7 +1419,6 @@ static int init_imstt(struct fb_info *info)
 	if ((info->var.xres * info->var.yres) * (info->var.bits_per_pixel >> 3) > info->fix.smem_len
 	    || !(compute_imstt_regvals(par, info->var.xres, info->var.yres))) {
 		printk("imsttfb: %ux%ux%u not supported\n", info->var.xres, info->var.yres, info->var.bits_per_pixel);
-		framebuffer_release(info);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
@@ -1452,14 +1451,11 @@ static int init_imstt(struct fb_info *info)
 	              FBINFO_HWACCEL_FILLRECT |
 	              FBINFO_HWACCEL_YPAN;
 
-	if (fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 0, 0)) {
-		framebuffer_release(info);
+	if (fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 0, 0))
 		return -ENODEV;
-	}
 
 	if (register_framebuffer(info) < 0) {
 		fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
-		framebuffer_release(info);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}