1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_ioctl.c b/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_ioctl.c
index 9ac82075546a..c88b9f9491b5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_ioctl.c
@@ -1420,9 +1420,10 @@ int esas2r_ioctl_handler(void *hostdata, int cmd, void __user *arg)
 
                 rq = esas2r_alloc_request(a);
                 if (rq == NULL) {
-                        up(&a->nvram_semaphore);
-                        ioctl->data.prw.code = 0;
-                        break;
+                        kfree(ioctl);
+                        esas2r_log(ESAS2R_LOG_WARN,
+                           "could not allocate an internal request");
+                        return -ENOMEM;
                 }
 
                 code = esas2r_write_params(a, rq,