diff --git a/nicintel_spi.c b/nicintel_spi.c
index 7a02cda..531576c 100644
--- a/nicintel_spi.c
+++ b/nicintel_spi.c
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@
 
 	physunmap(nicintel_spibar, 4096);
 	pci_cleanup(pacc);
-	release_io_perms();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -168,7 +167,8 @@
 {
 	uint32_t tmp;
 
-	get_io_perms();
+	if (rget_io_perms())
+		return 1;
 
 	io_base_addr = pcidev_init(PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0, nics_intel_spi);