1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
index c5e7b6d08ef3..e52ad5d3792d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
@@ -421,9 +421,11 @@ static int acpi_memory_device_add(struct acpi_device *device)
         if (!acpi_memory_check_device(mem_device)) {
                 /* call add_memory func */
                 result = acpi_memory_enable_device(mem_device);
-                if (result)
+                if (result) {
                         printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
                                 "Error in acpi_memory_enable_device\n");
+                        acpi_memory_device_free(mem_device);
+                }
         }
         return result;
 }