diff --git a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_super.c b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_super.c
index b74b791fc23ba6e4b905e2312518ddde0073ba16..ac28b0835ffc611a0236f3ba745744ba1ca05390 100644
--- a/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/freevxfs/vxfs_super.c
@@ -260,12 +260,17 @@ static struct file_system_type vxfs_fs_type = {
 static int __init
 vxfs_init(void)
 {
+	int rv;
+
 	vxfs_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("vxfs_inode",
 			sizeof(struct vxfs_inode_info), 0, 
 			SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD, NULL, NULL);
-	if (vxfs_inode_cachep)
-		return register_filesystem(&vxfs_fs_type);
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!vxfs_inode_cachep)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	rv = register_filesystem(&vxfs_fs_type);
+	if (rv < 0)
+		kmem_cache_destroy(vxfs_inode_cachep);
+	return rv;
 }
 
 static void __exit