1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index d84bdef17c9f..e1dbe9eef800 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ struct cred *prepare_usermodehelper_creds(void)
 
         new = kmem_cache_alloc(cred_jar, GFP_ATOMIC);
         if (!new)
-                return NULL;
+                goto free_tgcred;
 
         kdebug("prepare_usermodehelper_creds() alloc %p", new);
 
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ struct cred *prepare_usermodehelper_creds(void)
 
 error:
         put_cred(new);
+free_tgcred:
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
+        kfree(tgcred);
+#endif
         return NULL;
 }