diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
index 5662c157fda7..8bd5c4fa91f2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 
 	result = acpi_processor_get_info(device);
 	if (result) /* Processor is not physically present or unavailable */
-		return result;
+		goto err_clear_driver_data;
 
 	BUG_ON(pr->id >= nr_cpu_ids);
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 			"BIOS reported wrong ACPI id %d for the processor\n",
 			pr->id);
 		/* Give up, but do not abort the namespace scan. */
-		goto err;
+		goto err_clear_driver_data;
 	}
 	/*
 	 * processor_device_array is not cleared on errors to allow buggy BIOS
@@ -400,12 +400,12 @@ static int acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 	dev = get_cpu_device(pr->id);
 	if (!dev) {
 		result = -ENODEV;
-		goto err;
+		goto err_clear_per_cpu;
 	}
 
 	result = acpi_bind_one(dev, device);
 	if (result)
-		goto err;
+		goto err_clear_per_cpu;
 
 	pr->dev = dev;
 
@@ -416,10 +416,11 @@ static int acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device,
 	dev_err(dev, "Processor driver could not be attached\n");
 	acpi_unbind_one(dev);
 
- err:
-	free_cpumask_var(pr->throttling.shared_cpu_map);
-	device->driver_data = NULL;
+ err_clear_per_cpu:
 	per_cpu(processors, pr->id) = NULL;
+ err_clear_driver_data:
+	device->driver_data = NULL;
+	free_cpumask_var(pr->throttling.shared_cpu_map);
  err_free_pr:
 	kfree(pr);
 	return result;