diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index be158be28ee3..1c949f5fb716 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -788,7 +788,10 @@ static int __init hv_acpi_init(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	return vmbus_bus_init(irq);
+	ret = vmbus_bus_init(irq);
+	if (ret)
+		acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&vmbus_acpi_driver);
+	return ret;
 }