1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
index 3d65917a1bbb..8fe81e1807e0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ int dm_create_persistent(struct exception_store *store)
 
         ps->metadata_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("ksnaphd");
         if (!ps->metadata_wq) {
+                kfree(ps);
                 DMERR("couldn't start header metadata update thread");
                 return -ENOMEM;
         }