diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
index 3516e17a399d..acf34b671547 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
@@ -3261,6 +3261,7 @@ static int __devinit ehea_probe_adapter(struct platform_device *dev,
 	struct ehea_adapter *adapter;
 	const u64 *adapter_handle;
 	int ret;
+	int i;
 
 	if (!dev || !dev->dev.of_node) {
 		pr_err("Invalid ibmebus device probed\n");
@@ -3314,17 +3315,9 @@ static int __devinit ehea_probe_adapter(struct platform_device *dev,
 	tasklet_init(&adapter->neq_tasklet, ehea_neq_tasklet,
 		     (unsigned long)adapter);
 
-	ret = ibmebus_request_irq(adapter->neq->attr.ist1,
-				  ehea_interrupt_neq, IRQF_DISABLED,
-				  "ehea_neq", adapter);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&dev->dev, "requesting NEQ IRQ failed\n");
-		goto out_kill_eq;
-	}
-
 	ret = ehea_create_device_sysfs(dev);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_free_irq;
+		goto out_kill_eq;
 
 	ret = ehea_setup_ports(adapter);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -3332,15 +3325,28 @@ static int __devinit ehea_probe_adapter(struct platform_device *dev,
 		goto out_rem_dev_sysfs;
 	}
 
+	ret = ibmebus_request_irq(adapter->neq->attr.ist1,
+				  ehea_interrupt_neq, IRQF_DISABLED,
+				  "ehea_neq", adapter);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(&dev->dev, "requesting NEQ IRQ failed\n");
+		goto out_shutdown_ports;
+	}
+
+
 	ret = 0;
 	goto out;
 
+out_shutdown_ports:
+	for (i = 0; i < EHEA_MAX_PORTS; i++)
+		if (adapter->port[i]) {
+			ehea_shutdown_single_port(adapter->port[i]);
+			adapter->port[i] = NULL;
+		}
+
 out_rem_dev_sysfs:
 	ehea_remove_device_sysfs(dev);
 
-out_free_irq:
-	ibmebus_free_irq(adapter->neq->attr.ist1, adapter);
-
 out_kill_eq:
 	ehea_destroy_eq(adapter->neq);