1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-disk.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-disk.c
index fc469ba9f62..3d0ed533288 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-disk.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-disk.c
@@ -290,7 +290,16 @@ struct dm_space_map *dm_sm_disk_create(struct dm_transaction_manager *tm,
                                        dm_block_t nr_blocks)
 {
         struct dm_space_map *sm = dm_sm_disk_create_real(tm, nr_blocks);
-        return dm_sm_checker_create_fresh(sm);
+        struct dm_space_map *smc;
+
+        if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(sm))
+                return sm;
+
+        smc = dm_sm_checker_create_fresh(sm);
+        if (IS_ERR(smc))
+                dm_sm_destroy(sm);
+
+        return smc;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_sm_disk_create);