diff --git a/mt7603/pci.c b/mt7603/pci.c
index a5845da3..06fa28f6 100644
--- a/mt7603/pci.c
+++ b/mt7603/pci.c
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ mt76pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 	return 0;
 error:
-	ieee80211_free_hw(mt76_hw(dev));
+	mt76_free_device(&dev->mt76);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/mt7615/mmio.c b/mt7615/mmio.c
index b108324a..a7f92fa0 100644
--- a/mt7615/mmio.c
+++ b/mt7615/mmio.c
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ int mt7615_mmio_probe(struct device *pdev, void __iomem *mem_base,
 
 	return 0;
 error:
-	ieee80211_free_hw(mt76_hw(dev));
+	mt76_free_device(&dev->mt76);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/mt76x0/pci.c b/mt76x0/pci.c
index dda11c70..b87d8e13 100644
--- a/mt76x0/pci.c
+++ b/mt76x0/pci.c
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ mt76x0e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	return 0;
 
 error:
-	ieee80211_free_hw(mt76_hw(dev));
+	mt76_free_device(&dev->mt76);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/mt76x2/pci.c b/mt76x2/pci.c
index 4d50dad2..ecaf85b4 100644
--- a/mt76x2/pci.c
+++ b/mt76x2/pci.c
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ mt76x2e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	return 0;
 
 error:
-	ieee80211_free_hw(mt76_hw(dev));
+	mt76_free_device(&dev->mt76);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/mt7915/pci.c b/mt7915/pci.c
index edc34192..3e7f1a30 100644
--- a/mt7915/pci.c
+++ b/mt7915/pci.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int mt7915_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	ret = pci_set_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(32));
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto error;
 
 	mdev = mt76_alloc_device(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dev), &mt7915_ops,
 				 &drv_ops);
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ static int mt7915_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	return 0;
 error:
-	ieee80211_free_hw(mt76_hw(dev));
+	mt76_free_device(&dev->mt76);
+
 	return ret;
 }