1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
index 278371c7bf5a..090dd4851301 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devtmpfs.c
@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ static int create_path(const char *nodepath)
 
                 /* parent directories do not exist, create them */
                 path = kstrdup(nodepath, GFP_KERNEL);
-                if (!path)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
+                if (!path) {
+                        err = -ENOMEM;
+                        goto out;
+                }
                 s = path;
                 for (;;) {
                         s = strchr(s, '/');
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ static int create_path(const char *nodepath)
                 }
                 kfree(path);
         }
+out:
         mutex_unlock(&dirlock);
         return err;
 }