1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c
index 70ad19c4c73e..88bdafb297f5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c
@@ -432,8 +432,10 @@ int ib_create_qp_security(struct ib_qp *qp, struct ib_device *dev)
         atomic_set(&qp->qp_sec->error_list_count, 0);
         init_completion(&qp->qp_sec->error_complete);
         ret = security_ib_alloc_security(&qp->qp_sec->security);
-        if (ret)
+        if (ret) {
                 kfree(qp->qp_sec);
+                qp->qp_sec = NULL;
+        }
 
         return ret;
 }