diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c b/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c
index cd39025d2abf5923f49e83adb08bb8de88373cb5..1bc5e93d2a342181503e85e2f2729d6e983dd31f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c
@@ -571,8 +571,10 @@ static int x25_asy_open_tty(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 	/* Perform the low-level X.25 async init */
 	err = x25_asy_open(sl->dev);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		x25_asy_free(sl);
 		return err;
+	}
 	/* Done.  We have linked the TTY line to a channel. */
 	return 0;
 }