diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
index dc55cc974c906e78d974aa664bde940fe058637c..1afeb3eb8e4c2d2e6080f3d6e47853d1b8ff8e41 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/transport.c
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ xprt_setup_rdma(struct xprt_create *args)
 	xprt->slot = kcalloc(xprt->max_reqs,
 				sizeof(struct rpc_rqst), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (xprt->slot == NULL) {
-		kfree(xprt);
 		dprintk("RPC:       %s: couldn't allocate %d slots\n",
 			__func__, xprt->max_reqs);
+		kfree(xprt);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}