diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
index 358519e8c2e9..5a4c9694bbff 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
@@ -462,16 +462,81 @@ static struct acpi_platform_list plat_list[] = {
 	{ } /* End */
 };
 
-int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev)
+static struct mem_ctl_info *ghes_mc_create(struct device *dev, int mc_idx,
+					int num_dimm)
 {
-	bool fake = false;
-	int rc = 0, num_dimm = 0;
+	struct edac_mc_layer layers[1];
 	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
 	struct ghes_mci *pvt;
-	struct edac_mc_layer layers[1];
-	struct ghes_dimm_fill dimm_fill;
+
+	layers[0].type = EDAC_MC_LAYER_ALL_MEM;
+	layers[0].size = num_dimm;
+	layers[0].is_virt_csrow = true;
+
+	mci = edac_mc_alloc(mc_idx, ARRAY_SIZE(layers), layers, sizeof(*pvt));
+	if (!mci)
+		return NULL;
+
+	pvt		= mci->pvt_info;
+	pvt->mci	= mci;
+
+	mci->pdev = dev;
+	mci->mtype_cap = MEM_FLAG_EMPTY;
+	mci->edac_ctl_cap = EDAC_FLAG_NONE;
+	mci->edac_cap = EDAC_FLAG_NONE;
+	mci->mod_name = "ghes_edac.c";
+	mci->ctl_name = "ghes_edac";
+	mci->dev_name = "ghes";
+
+	return mci;
+}
+
+static int ghes_mc_add_or_free(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
+{
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int idx = -1;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = edac_mc_add_mc(mci);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		edac_mc_free(mci);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ghes_lock, flags);
+	ghes_pvt = mci->pvt_info;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ghes_lock, flags);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void ghes_mc_free(void)
+{
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * Wait for the irq handler being finished.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ghes_lock, flags);
+	mci = ghes_pvt ? ghes_pvt->mci : NULL;
+	ghes_pvt = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ghes_lock, flags);
+
+	if (!mci)
+		return;
+
+	mci = edac_mc_del_mc(mci->pdev);
+	if (mci)
+		edac_mc_free(mci);
+}
+
+int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct ghes_dimm_fill dimm_fill;
+	int rc = 0, num_dimm = 0;
+	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
+	bool fake = false;
+	int idx;
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86)) {
 		/* Check if safe to enable on this system */
@@ -500,28 +565,12 @@ int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev)
 		num_dimm = 1;
 	}
 
-	layers[0].type = EDAC_MC_LAYER_ALL_MEM;
-	layers[0].size = num_dimm;
-	layers[0].is_virt_csrow = true;
-
-	mci = edac_mc_alloc(0, ARRAY_SIZE(layers), layers, sizeof(*pvt));
+	mci = ghes_mc_create(dev, 0, num_dimm);
 	if (!mci) {
-		pr_info("Can't allocate memory for EDAC data\n");
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-	pvt		= mci->pvt_info;
-	pvt->mci	= mci;
-
-	mci->pdev = dev;
-	mci->mtype_cap = MEM_FLAG_EMPTY;
-	mci->edac_ctl_cap = EDAC_FLAG_NONE;
-	mci->edac_cap = EDAC_FLAG_NONE;
-	mci->mod_name = "ghes_edac.c";
-	mci->ctl_name = "ghes_edac";
-	mci->dev_name = "ghes";
-
 	if (fake) {
 		pr_info("This system has a very crappy BIOS: It doesn't even list the DIMMS.\n");
 		pr_info("Its SMBIOS info is wrong. It is doubtful that the error report would\n");
@@ -549,22 +598,17 @@ int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev)
 		dimm->edac_mode = EDAC_SECDED;
 	}
 
-	rc = edac_mc_add_mc(mci);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		pr_info("Can't register at EDAC core\n");
-		edac_mc_free(mci);
-		rc = -ENODEV;
+	rc = ghes_mc_add_or_free(mci);
+	if (rc)
 		goto unlock;
-	}
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ghes_lock, flags);
-	ghes_pvt = pvt;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ghes_lock, flags);
 
 	/* only set on success */
 	refcount_set(&ghes_refcount, 1);
 
 unlock:
+	if (rc)
+		pr_err("Can't register at EDAC core: %d\n", rc);
+
 	mutex_unlock(&ghes_reg_mutex);
 
 	return rc;
@@ -572,29 +616,10 @@ int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev)
 
 void ghes_edac_unregister(struct ghes *ghes)
 {
-	struct mem_ctl_info *mci;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
 	mutex_lock(&ghes_reg_mutex);
 
-	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&ghes_refcount))
-		goto unlock;
-
-	/*
-	 * Wait for the irq handler being finished.
-	 */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ghes_lock, flags);
-	mci = ghes_pvt ? ghes_pvt->mci : NULL;
-	ghes_pvt = NULL;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ghes_lock, flags);
-
-	if (!mci)
-		goto unlock;
-
-	mci = edac_mc_del_mc(mci->pdev);
-	if (mci)
-		edac_mc_free(mci);
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&ghes_refcount))
+		ghes_mc_free();
 
-unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&ghes_reg_mutex);
 }
