diff --git a/drivers/video/efifb.c b/drivers/video/efifb.c
index 7f06247a21e8..8cb31e106b9e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/efifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/efifb.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <video/vga.h>
 
+static bool request_mem_succeeded = false;
+
 static struct fb_var_screeninfo efifb_defined __devinitdata = {
 	.activate		= FB_ACTIVATE_NOW,
 	.height			= -1,
@@ -281,7 +283,9 @@ static void efifb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	if (info->screen_base)
 		iounmap(info->screen_base);
-	release_mem_region(info->apertures->ranges[0].base, info->apertures->ranges[0].size);
+	if (request_mem_succeeded)
+		release_mem_region(info->apertures->ranges[0].base,
+				   info->apertures->ranges[0].size);
 	framebuffer_release(info);
 }
 
@@ -333,7 +337,6 @@ static int __devinit efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	unsigned int size_vmode;
 	unsigned int size_remap;
 	unsigned int size_total;
-	int request_succeeded = 0;
 
 	if (!screen_info.lfb_depth)
 		screen_info.lfb_depth = 32;
@@ -387,7 +390,7 @@ static int __devinit efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	efifb_fix.smem_len = size_remap;
 
 	if (request_mem_region(efifb_fix.smem_start, size_remap, "efifb")) {
-		request_succeeded = 1;
+		request_mem_succeeded = true;
 	} else {
 		/* We cannot make this fatal. Sometimes this comes from magic
 		   spaces our resource handlers simply don't know about */
@@ -491,7 +494,7 @@ static int __devinit efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 err_release_fb:
 	framebuffer_release(info);
 err_release_mem:
-	if (request_succeeded)
+	if (request_mem_succeeded)
 		release_mem_region(efifb_fix.smem_start, size_total);
 	return err;
 }