diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index cbe5df99db823..563116405b3df 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 	if (config->cells) {
 		rval = nvmem_add_cells(nvmem, config->cells, config->ncells);
 		if (rval)
-			goto err_teardown_compat;
+			goto err_remove_cells;
 	}
 
 	rval = nvmem_add_cells_from_table(nvmem);
@@ -870,7 +870,6 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 
 err_remove_cells:
 	nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(nvmem);
-err_teardown_compat:
 	if (config->compat)
 		nvmem_sysfs_remove_compat(nvmem, config);
 err_put_device: