@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ func (devices *DeviceSet) enableDeferredRemovalDeletion() error {

 	return nil

 }

-func (devices *DeviceSet) initDevmapper(doInit bool) error {

+func (devices *DeviceSet) initDevmapper(doInit bool) (retErr error) {

 	// give ourselves to libdm as a log handler

 	devicemapper.LogInit(devices)

@@ -1871,6 +1871,14 @@ func (devices *DeviceSet) initDevmapper(doInit bool) error {

 		if err := devicemapper.CreatePool(devices.getPoolName(), dataFile, metadataFile, devices.thinpBlockSize); err != nil {

 			return err

 		}

+		defer func() {

+			if retErr != nil {

+				err = devices.deactivatePool()

+				if err != nil {

+					logrus.Warnf("devmapper: Failed to deactivatePool: %v", err)

+				}

+			}

+		}()

 	}

 	// Pool already exists and caller did not pass us a pool. That means