diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-pl.c b/drivers/hid/hid-pl.c
index 2dcd7d98dbd6..d951e85018c8 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-pl.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-pl.c
@@ -206,9 +206,14 @@ static int pl_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	plff_init(hdev);
+	ret = plff_init(hdev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto stop;
 
 	return 0;
+
+stop:
+	hid_hw_stop(hdev);
 err:
 	return ret;
 }