diff --git a/drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c b/drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c
index d2b9bb684af0..e09c4b6d6fb3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c
@@ -309,6 +309,11 @@ static int hdpvr_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 
 	dev->workqueue = 0;
 
+	/* init video transfer queues first of all */
+	/* to prevent oops in hdpvr_delete() on error paths */
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->free_buff_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->rec_buff_list);
+
 	/* register v4l2_device early so it can be used for printks */
 	if (v4l2_device_register(&interface->dev, &dev->v4l2_dev)) {
 		err("v4l2_device_register failed");
@@ -331,10 +336,6 @@ static int hdpvr_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	if (!dev->workqueue)
 		goto error;
 
-	/* init video transfer queues */
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->free_buff_list);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->rec_buff_list);
-
 	dev->options = hdpvr_default_options;
 
 	if (default_video_input < HDPVR_VIDEO_INPUTS)
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ static int hdpvr_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 				    video_nr[atomic_inc_return(&dev_nr)]);
 	if (retval < 0) {
 		v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev, "registering videodev failed\n");
-		goto error;
+		goto reg_fail;
 	}
 
 	/* let the user know what node this device is now attached to */