diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c
index e99eccf11c76..08c6d1a8c712 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c
@@ -3374,18 +3374,22 @@ static int rtw89_core_register_hw(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev)
 	ret = ieee80211_register_hw(hw);
 	if (ret) {
 		rtw89_err(rtwdev, "failed to register hw\n");
-		goto err;
+		goto err_free_supported_band;
 	}
 
 	ret = rtw89_regd_init(rtwdev, rtw89_regd_notifier);
 	if (ret) {
 		rtw89_err(rtwdev, "failed to init regd\n");
-		goto err;
+		goto err_unregister_hw;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
-err:
+err_unregister_hw:
+	ieee80211_unregister_hw(hw);
+err_free_supported_band:
+	rtw89_core_clr_supported_band(rtwdev);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c
index ec8bb5f10482..4025aabe0604 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c
@@ -3874,25 +3874,26 @@ int rtw89_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	rtw89_pci_link_cfg(rtwdev);
 	rtw89_pci_l1ss_cfg(rtwdev);
 
-	ret = rtw89_core_register(rtwdev);
-	if (ret) {
-		rtw89_err(rtwdev, "failed to register core\n");
-		goto err_clear_resource;
-	}
-
 	rtw89_core_napi_init(rtwdev);
 
 	ret = rtw89_pci_request_irq(rtwdev, pdev);
 	if (ret) {
 		rtw89_err(rtwdev, "failed to request pci irq\n");
-		goto err_unregister;
+		goto err_deinit_napi;
+	}
+
+	ret = rtw89_core_register(rtwdev);
+	if (ret) {
+		rtw89_err(rtwdev, "failed to register core\n");
+		goto err_free_irq;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_unregister:
+err_free_irq:
+	rtw89_pci_free_irq(rtwdev, pdev);
+err_deinit_napi:
 	rtw89_core_napi_deinit(rtwdev);
-	rtw89_core_unregister(rtwdev);
 err_clear_resource:
 	rtw89_pci_clear_resource(rtwdev, pdev);
 err_declaim_pci: