diff --git a/lustre/lov/lov_log.c b/lustre/lov/lov_log.c
index a5644104cdc08a59aba7e1760f712fe8bb66f28b..eff8e777ae6681f9d1ce6112035565a19cfbc47a 100644
--- a/lustre/lov/lov_log.c
+++ b/lustre/lov/lov_log.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int lov_llog_init(struct obd_device *obd, struct obd_device *tgt,
         rc = llog_setup(obd, LLOG_SIZE_REPL_CTXT, tgt, 0, NULL,
                         &lov_size_repl_logops);
         if (rc)
-                RETURN(rc);
+                GOTO(err_cleanup, rc);
 
         lov_getref(obd);
         for (i = 0; i < lov->desc.ld_tgt_count ; i++) {
@@ -233,7 +233,18 @@ int lov_llog_init(struct obd_device *obd, struct obd_device *tgt,
                 }
         }
         lov_putref(obd);
-        RETURN(err);
+        GOTO(err_cleanup, err);
+err_cleanup:
+        if (err) {
+                struct llog_ctxt *ctxt = 
+                        llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_SIZE_REPL_CTXT);
+                if (ctxt)
+                        llog_cleanup(ctxt);
+                ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_MDS_OST_ORIG_CTXT);
+                if (ctxt)
+                        llog_cleanup(ctxt);
+        }
+        return err;
 }
 
 int lov_llog_finish(struct obd_device *obd, int count)
diff --git a/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c b/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c
index d7f2da51b2008c835577ff78042bfbfdd48f6f0b..c786ff798006c6cf9c4265219af077e09756ee98 100644
--- a/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c
+++ b/lustre/mdc/mdc_request.c
@@ -1362,21 +1362,38 @@ static int mdc_llog_init(struct obd_device *obd, struct obd_device *tgt,
                 ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_LOVEA_REPL_CTXT);
                 llog_initiator_connect(ctxt);
                 llog_ctxt_put(ctxt);
+        } else {
+                GOTO(err_cleanup, rc);
         }
 
         RETURN(rc);
+err_cleanup:
+        ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_CONFIG_REPL_CTXT);
+        if (ctxt)
+                llog_cleanup(ctxt);
+        ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_LOVEA_REPL_CTXT);
+        if (ctxt)
+                llog_cleanup(ctxt);
+        return rc;
 }
 
 static int mdc_llog_finish(struct obd_device *obd, int count)
 {
-        int rc;
+        struct llog_ctxt *ctxt;
+        int rc = 0;
         ENTRY;
 
-        rc = llog_cleanup(llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_LOVEA_REPL_CTXT));
-        if (rc) {
-                CERROR("can not cleanup LLOG_CONFIG_REPL_CTXT rc %d\n", rc);
+        ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_LOVEA_REPL_CTXT);
+        if (ctxt) {
+                rc = llog_cleanup(ctxt);
+                if (rc) {
+                        CERROR("Can not cleanup LLOG_CONFIG_REPL_CTXT "
+                               "rc %d\n", rc);
+                }
         }
-        rc = llog_cleanup(llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_CONFIG_REPL_CTXT));
+        ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_CONFIG_REPL_CTXT);
+        if (ctxt)
+                rc = llog_cleanup(ctxt);
         RETURN(rc);
 }
 
diff --git a/lustre/mds/handler.c b/lustre/mds/handler.c
index 8451ba02929bd6a6ada5c235dc28b3d411761583..1a6ba925dc238dbfac1ed5e781e41ccb0c62d0f5 100644
--- a/lustre/mds/handler.c
+++ b/lustre/mds/handler.c
@@ -2220,6 +2220,7 @@ static int mds_lov_clean(struct obd_device *obd)
 static int mds_postsetup(struct obd_device *obd)
 {
         struct mds_obd *mds = &obd->u.mds;
+        struct llog_ctxt *ctxt;
         int rc = 0;
         ENTRY;
 
@@ -2231,7 +2232,7 @@ static int mds_postsetup(struct obd_device *obd)
         rc = llog_setup(obd, LLOG_LOVEA_ORIG_CTXT, obd, 0, NULL,
                         &llog_lvfs_ops);
         if (rc)
-                RETURN(rc);
+                GOTO(err_llog, rc);
 
         if (mds->mds_profile) {
                 struct lustre_profile *lprof;
@@ -2254,9 +2255,14 @@ static int mds_postsetup(struct obd_device *obd)
 
 err_cleanup:
         mds_lov_clean(obd);
-        llog_cleanup(llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_CONFIG_ORIG_CTXT));
-        llog_cleanup(llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_LOVEA_ORIG_CTXT));
-        RETURN(rc);
+        ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_LOVEA_ORIG_CTXT);
+        if (ctxt)
+                llog_cleanup(ctxt);
+err_llog:
+        ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_CONFIG_ORIG_CTXT);
+        if (ctxt)
+                llog_cleanup(ctxt);
+        return rc;
 }
 
 int mds_postrecov(struct obd_device *obd)
diff --git a/lustre/mds/mds_log.c b/lustre/mds/mds_log.c
index 21290e5d9269ad3b9cb3ab5acbbd65139a4d5f5b..ca7fca03409bcad310d543bd209b54c790ff631d 100644
--- a/lustre/mds/mds_log.c
+++ b/lustre/mds/mds_log.c
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ int mds_llog_init(struct obd_device *obd, struct obd_device *tgt,
                   int count, struct llog_catid *logid, struct obd_uuid *uuid)
 {
         struct obd_device *lov_obd = obd->u.mds.mds_osc_obd;
+        struct llog_ctxt *ctxt;
         int rc;
         ENTRY;
 
@@ -211,13 +212,23 @@ int mds_llog_init(struct obd_device *obd, struct obd_device *tgt,
         rc = llog_setup(obd, LLOG_SIZE_REPL_CTXT, tgt, 0, NULL,
                         &mds_size_repl_logops);
         if (rc)
-                RETURN(rc);
+                GOTO(err_llog, rc);
 
         rc = obd_llog_init(lov_obd, tgt, count, logid, uuid);
-        if (rc)
+        if (rc) {
                 CERROR("lov_llog_init err %d\n", rc);
-
+                GOTO(err_cleanup, rc);
+        }
         RETURN(rc);
+err_cleanup:
+        ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_SIZE_REPL_CTXT);
+        if (ctxt)
+                llog_cleanup(ctxt);
+err_llog:
+        ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_MDS_OST_ORIG_CTXT);
+        if (ctxt)
+                llog_cleanup(ctxt);
+        return rc;
 }
 
 int mds_llog_finish(struct obd_device *obd, int count)
diff --git a/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c b/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c
index 63bdd9ae67983713c08a359fe44c6304346856c0..28c3bd48e4fa822e631b9c1bcc8343961a6bc338 100644
--- a/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c
+++ b/lustre/mgc/mgc_request.c
@@ -938,6 +938,10 @@ static int mgc_llog_init(struct obd_device *obd, struct obd_device *tgt,
                 ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_CONFIG_REPL_CTXT);
                 llog_initiator_connect(ctxt);
                 llog_ctxt_put(ctxt);
+        } else {
+                ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_CONFIG_ORIG_CTXT);
+                if (ctxt)
+                        llog_cleanup(ctxt);
         }
 
         RETURN(rc);
diff --git a/lustre/mgs/mgs_handler.c b/lustre/mgs/mgs_handler.c
index 0f0cb582964d228f1f6d06281bd229288b28c55b..93d6a2e503d19c1b51d5383ef06370bb69dab219 100644
--- a/lustre/mgs/mgs_handler.c
+++ b/lustre/mgs/mgs_handler.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ static int mgs_setup(struct obd_device *obd, obd_count len, void *buf)
         struct mgs_obd *mgs = &obd->u.mgs;
         struct lustre_mount_info *lmi;
         struct lustre_sb_info *lsi;
+        struct llog_ctxt *ctxt;
         struct vfsmount *mnt;
         int rc = 0;
         ENTRY;
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ static int mgs_setup(struct obd_device *obd, obd_count len, void *buf)
 
         if (!mgs->mgs_service) {
                 CERROR("failed to start service\n");
-                GOTO(err_fs, rc = -ENOMEM);
+                GOTO(err_llog, rc = -ENOMEM);
         }
 
         rc = ptlrpc_start_threads(obd, mgs->mgs_service);
@@ -244,6 +245,10 @@ static int mgs_setup(struct obd_device *obd, obd_count len, void *buf)
 
 err_thread:
         ptlrpc_unregister_service(mgs->mgs_service);
+err_llog:
+        ctxt = llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_CONFIG_ORIG_CTXT);
+        if (ctxt)
+                llog_cleanup(ctxt);
 err_fs:
         /* No extra cleanup needed for llog_init_commit_thread() */
         mgs_fs_cleanup(obd);
diff --git a/lustre/obdclass/class_hash.c b/lustre/obdclass/class_hash.c
index 919fa4ac1e52fd4bb343a0a9ac9b685350128cda..4138cc097a6aa9d93d34e62dd27672e42a504e14 100644
--- a/lustre/obdclass/class_hash.c
+++ b/lustre/obdclass/class_hash.c
@@ -127,9 +127,8 @@ lustre_hash_exit(lustre_hash_t *lh)
         struct hlist_node    *pos;
         int                   i;
         ENTRY;
-  
-        if (!lh)
-                return;
+
+        LASSERT(lh != NULL);
   
         write_lock(&lh->lh_rwlock);
   
diff --git a/lustre/obdclass/llog_obd.c b/lustre/obdclass/llog_obd.c
index bb848bdbbd0d24431a6c07e32b6f9e0ba52e1e72..b9b41fcd3b80440d2945a6d60a066f8967988b77 100644
--- a/lustre/obdclass/llog_obd.c
+++ b/lustre/obdclass/llog_obd.c
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ int __llog_ctxt_put(struct llog_ctxt *ctxt)
         obd->obd_llog_ctxt[ctxt->loc_idx] = NULL;
         spin_unlock(&obd->obd_dev_lock);
 
-	LASSERT(obd->obd_stopping == 1 || obd->obd_set_up == 0);
+        LASSERTF(obd->obd_starting == 1 || 
+                 obd->obd_stopping == 1 || obd->obd_set_up == 0,
+                 "wrong obd state: %d/%d/%d\n", !!obd->obd_starting, 
+                 !!obd->obd_stopping, !!obd->obd_set_up);
+
         /* cleanup the llog ctxt here */
         if (CTXTP(ctxt, cleanup))
                 rc = CTXTP(ctxt, cleanup)(ctxt);
@@ -118,7 +122,14 @@ int llog_cleanup(struct llog_ctxt *ctxt)
 
         /* sync with other llog ctxt user thread */
         spin_lock(&obd->obd_dev_lock);
-	LASSERT(obd->obd_stopping == 1 || obd->obd_set_up == 0);
+
+        /* obd->obd_starting is needed for the case of cleanup
+         * in error case while obd is starting up. */
+        LASSERTF(obd->obd_starting == 1 || 
+                 obd->obd_stopping == 1 || obd->obd_set_up == 0,
+                 "wrong obd state: %d/%d/%d\n", !!obd->obd_starting, 
+                 !!obd->obd_stopping, !!obd->obd_set_up);
+
         spin_unlock(&obd->obd_dev_lock);
 
         idx = ctxt->loc_idx;
diff --git a/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c b/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
index 8745560d0f13259739d11065fa7756e04f8d45b4..e1cedeb477e0a087d077a0511a64e506cc7778b2 100644
--- a/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
+++ b/lustre/obdclass/obd_config.c
@@ -307,23 +307,24 @@ int class_setup(struct obd_device *obd, struct lustre_cfg *lcfg)
         obd->obd_uuid_hash = lustre_hash_init("UUID_HASH", 128, 128,
                                               &uuid_hash_ops, 0);
         if (!obd->obd_uuid_hash)
-                GOTO(err_hash, -ENOMEM);
+                GOTO(err_hash, err = -ENOMEM);
 
         /* create a nid-export lustre hash */
         obd->obd_nid_hash = lustre_hash_init("NID_HASH", 128, 128,
                                              &nid_hash_ops, 0);
         if (!obd->obd_nid_hash)
-                GOTO(err_hash, -ENOMEM);
+                GOTO(err_hash, err = -ENOMEM);
 
         /* create a nid-stats lustre hash */
         obd->obd_nid_stats_hash = lustre_hash_init("NID_STATS", 128, 128,
                                                    &nid_stat_hash_ops, 0);
         if (!obd->obd_nid_stats_hash)
-                GOTO(err_hash, -ENOMEM);
+                GOTO(err_hash, err = -ENOMEM);
 
         exp = class_new_export(obd, &obd->obd_uuid);
         if (IS_ERR(exp))
-                RETURN(PTR_ERR(exp));
+                GOTO(err_hash, err = PTR_ERR(exp));
+
         obd->obd_self_export = exp;
         list_del_init(&exp->exp_obd_chain_timed);
         class_export_put(exp);
@@ -342,17 +343,25 @@ int class_setup(struct obd_device *obd, struct lustre_cfg *lcfg)
                obd->obd_name, obd->obd_uuid.uuid);
 
         RETURN(0);
-
 err_exp:
         class_unlink_export(obd->obd_self_export);
         obd->obd_self_export = NULL;
 err_hash:
-        lustre_hash_exit(obd->obd_uuid_hash);
-        lustre_hash_exit(obd->obd_nid_hash);
-        lustre_hash_exit(obd->obd_nid_stats_hash);
+        if (obd->obd_uuid_hash) {
+                lustre_hash_exit(obd->obd_uuid_hash);
+                obd->obd_uuid_hash = NULL;
+        }
+        if (obd->obd_nid_hash) {
+                lustre_hash_exit(obd->obd_nid_hash);
+                obd->obd_nid_hash = NULL;
+        }
+        if (obd->obd_nid_stats_hash) {
+                lustre_hash_exit(obd->obd_nid_stats_hash);
+                obd->obd_nid_stats_hash = NULL;
+        }
         obd->obd_starting = 0;
         CERROR("setup %s failed (%d)\n", obd->obd_name, err);
-        RETURN(err);
+        return err;
 }
 
 int class_detach(struct obd_device *obd, struct lustre_cfg *lcfg)
diff --git a/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c b/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
index df95ebab9052e305ac0520ba5f7378eda8da1e0d..635da45345c1a9dcc1913fff45544cd4fcd60eed 100644
--- a/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
+++ b/lustre/obdclass/obd_mount.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ struct lustre_mount_info *server_get_mount(char *name)
         lsi = s2lsi(lmi->lmi_sb);
         mntget(lmi->lmi_mnt);
         atomic_inc(&lsi->lsi_mounts);
-
+        
         CDEBUG(D_MOUNT, "get_mnt %p from %s, refs=%d, vfscount=%d\n",
                lmi->lmi_mnt, name, atomic_read(&lsi->lsi_mounts),
                atomic_read(&lmi->lmi_mnt->mnt_count));
@@ -1111,7 +1111,6 @@ static int server_start_targets(struct super_block *sb, struct vfsmount *mnt)
         if (rc) {
                 CERROR("failed to start server %s: %d\n",
                        lsi->lsi_ldd->ldd_svname, rc);
-                server_deregister_mount(lsi->lsi_ldd->ldd_svname);
                 GOTO(out_mgc, rc);
         }
 
@@ -1171,10 +1170,8 @@ static int lustre_free_lsi(struct super_block *sb)
         struct lustre_sb_info *lsi = s2lsi(sb);
         ENTRY;
 
-        if (!lsi)
-                RETURN(0);
-
-        CDEBUG(D_MOUNT, "Freeing lsi\n");
+        LASSERT(lsi != NULL);
+        CDEBUG(D_MOUNT, "Freeing lsi %p\n", lsi);
 
         /* someone didn't call server_put_mount. */
         LASSERT(atomic_read(&lsi->lsi_mounts) == 0);
@@ -1214,10 +1211,9 @@ static int lustre_put_lsi(struct super_block *sb)
         struct lustre_sb_info *lsi = s2lsi(sb);
         ENTRY;
 
-        LASSERT(lsi);
+        LASSERT(lsi != NULL);
 
         CDEBUG(D_MOUNT, "put %p %d\n", sb, atomic_read(&lsi->lsi_mounts));
-
         if (atomic_dec_and_test(&lsi->lsi_mounts)) {
                 lustre_free_lsi(sb);
                 RETURN(1);
@@ -1588,9 +1584,9 @@ static int server_fill_super(struct super_block *sb)
         if (IS_ERR(mnt)) {
                 rc = PTR_ERR(mnt);
                 CERROR("Unable to mount device %s: %d\n",
-                      lsi->lsi_lmd->lmd_dev, rc);
+                       lsi->lsi_lmd->lmd_dev, rc);
                 lustre_put_lsi(sb);
-                GOTO(out, rc);
+                RETURN(rc);
         }
         lsi->lsi_srv_mnt = mnt;
 
@@ -1604,12 +1600,12 @@ static int server_fill_super(struct super_block *sb)
                                    "running. Double-mount may have compromised "
                                    "the disk journal.\n",
                                    lsi->lsi_ldd->ldd_svname);
-                unlock_mntput(mnt);
                 lustre_put_lsi(sb);
-                GOTO(out, rc = -EALREADY);
+                unlock_mntput(mnt);
+                RETURN(-EALREADY);
         }
 
-        /* start MGS before MGC */
+        /* Start MGS before MGC */
         if (IS_MGS(lsi->lsi_ldd) && !(lsi->lsi_lmd->lmd_flags & LMD_FLG_NOMGS)) {
                 rc = server_start_mgs(sb);
                 if (rc)
@@ -1647,11 +1643,12 @@ static int server_fill_super(struct super_block *sb)
                       lsi->lsi_ldd->ldd_svname, lsi->lsi_lmd->lmd_dev);
 
         RETURN(0);
-
 out_mnt:
+        /* We jump here in case of failure while starting targets or MGS.
+         * In this case we can't just put @mnt and have to do real cleanup
+         * with stoping targets, etc. */
         server_put_super(sb);
-out:
-        RETURN(rc);
+        return rc;
 }
 
 /* Get the index from the obd name.
@@ -1948,7 +1945,7 @@ int lustre_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
         /* Figure out the lmd from the mount options */
         if (lmd_parse((char *)data, lmd)) {
                 lustre_put_lsi(sb);
-                RETURN(-EINVAL);
+                GOTO(out, rc = -EINVAL);
         }
 
         if (lmd_is_client(lmd)) {
@@ -1957,18 +1954,19 @@ int lustre_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
                         LCONSOLE_ERROR_MSG(0x165, "Nothing registered for "
                                            "client mount! Is the 'lustre' "
                                            "module loaded?\n");
+                        lustre_put_lsi(sb);
                         rc = -ENODEV;
                 } else {
                         rc = lustre_start_mgc(sb);
                         if (rc) {
                                 lustre_stop_mgc(sb);
-                                goto out;
+                                lustre_put_lsi(sb);
+                                GOTO(out, rc);
                         }
                         /* Connect and start */
                         /* (should always be ll_fill_super) */
                         rc = (*client_fill_super)(sb);
                         /* c_f_s will call lustre_common_put_super on failure */
-
                 }
         } else {
                 CDEBUG(D_MOUNT, "Mounting server from %s\n", lmd->lmd_dev);
@@ -1980,14 +1978,18 @@ int lustre_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
                 /* s_f_s will call server_put_super on failure */
         }
 
+        /* If error happens in fill_super() call, @lsi will be killed there.
+         * This is why we do not put it here. */
+        GOTO(out, rc);
 out:
-        if (rc){
+        if (rc) {
                 CERROR("Unable to mount %s (%d)\n",
                        s2lsi(sb) ? lmd->lmd_dev : "", rc);
         } else {
-                CDEBUG(D_SUPER, "mount %s complete\n", lmd->lmd_dev);
+                CDEBUG(D_SUPER, "Mount %s complete\n", 
+                       lmd->lmd_dev);
         }
-        RETURN(rc);
+        return rc;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lustre/osc/osc_request.c b/lustre/osc/osc_request.c
index f21351cb439bd88930ee324b4b966e6da4bd5179..9c6665495a5f4c5d7cadbcd1515146c8d0bc8af6 100644
--- a/lustre/osc/osc_request.c
+++ b/lustre/osc/osc_request.c
@@ -3662,8 +3662,13 @@ static int osc_llog_init(struct obd_device *obd, struct obd_device *tgt,
 
         rc = llog_setup(obd, LLOG_SIZE_REPL_CTXT, tgt, count, NULL,
                         &osc_size_repl_logops);
-        if (rc)
+        if (rc) {
+                struct llog_ctxt *ctxt = 
+                        llog_get_context(obd, LLOG_MDS_OST_ORIG_CTXT);
+                if (ctxt)
+                        llog_cleanup(ctxt);
                 CERROR("failed LLOG_SIZE_REPL_CTXT\n");
+        }
 out:
         if (rc) {
                 CERROR("osc '%s' tgt '%s' cnt %d catid %p rc=%d\n",