diff --git a/sound/isa/es1688/es1688_lib.c b/sound/isa/es1688/es1688_lib.c
index 1d47be8..7cb309a 100644
--- a/sound/isa/es1688/es1688_lib.c
+++ b/sound/isa/es1688/es1688_lib.c
@@ -658,18 +658,25 @@ int snd_es1688_create(struct snd_card *card,
 	chip->irq = -1;
 	chip->dma8 = -1;
 	
-	if ((chip->res_port = request_region(port + 4, 12, "ES1688")) == NULL) {
+	chip->res_port = request_region(port + 4, 12, "ES1688");
+	if (chip->res_port == NULL) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "es1688: can't grab port 0x%lx\n", port + 4);
-		return -EBUSY;
+		err = -EBUSY;
+		goto exit;
 	}
-	if (request_irq(irq, snd_es1688_interrupt, 0, "ES1688", (void *) chip)) {
+
+	err = request_irq(irq, snd_es1688_interrupt, 0, "ES1688", (void *) chip);
+	if (err < 0) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "es1688: can't grab IRQ %d\n", irq);
-		return -EBUSY;
+		goto exit_release_region;
 	}
+
 	chip->irq = irq;
-	if (request_dma(dma8, "ES1688")) {
+	err = request_dma(dma8, "ES1688");
+
+	if (err < 0) {
 		snd_printk(KERN_ERR "es1688: can't grab DMA8 %d\n", dma8);
-		return -EBUSY;
+		goto exit_release_irq;
 	}
 	chip->dma8 = dma8;
 
@@ -685,14 +692,23 @@ int snd_es1688_create(struct snd_card *card,
 
 	err = snd_es1688_probe(chip);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+		goto exit_release_dma;
 
 	err = snd_es1688_init(chip, 1);
 	if (err < 0)
-		return err;
+		goto exit_release_dma;
 
 	/* Register device */
 	return snd_device_new(card, SNDRV_DEV_LOWLEVEL, chip, &ops);
+
+exit_release_dma:
+	free_dma(chip->dma8);
+exit_release_irq:
+	free_irq(chip->irq, chip);
+exit_release_region:
+	release_and_free_resource(chip->res_port);
+exit:
+	return err;
 }
 
 static struct snd_pcm_ops snd_es1688_playback_ops = {