1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index f028a9a472fd..e19606bb41a0 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -569,8 +569,10 @@ static int cgwb_create(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 
         /* need to create a new one */
         wb = kmalloc(sizeof(*wb), gfp);
-        if (!wb)
-                return -ENOMEM;
+        if (!wb) {
+                ret = -ENOMEM;
+                goto out_put;
+        }
 
         ret = wb_init(wb, bdi, blkcg_css->id, gfp);
         if (ret)