diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log.c b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
index a8c0fc79ca78c18d52631bb3e27176ee68c4712f..13e2a1a1a941b723c63231bfad9efd3afa8dbd05 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log.c
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ static int create_log_context(struct dm_dirty_log *log, struct dm_target *ti,
 		lc->disk_header = vmalloc(buf_size);
 		if (!lc->disk_header) {
 			DMWARN("couldn't allocate disk log buffer");
+			dm_io_client_destroy(lc->io_req.client);
 			kfree(lc);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
@@ -482,6 +483,8 @@ static int create_log_context(struct dm_dirty_log *log, struct dm_target *ti,
 		DMWARN("couldn't allocate sync bitset");
 		if (!dev)
 			vfree(lc->clean_bits);
+		else
+			dm_io_client_destroy(lc->io_req.client);
 		vfree(lc->disk_header);
 		kfree(lc);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -495,6 +498,8 @@ static int create_log_context(struct dm_dirty_log *log, struct dm_target *ti,
 		vfree(lc->sync_bits);
 		if (!dev)
 			vfree(lc->clean_bits);
+		else
+			dm_io_client_destroy(lc->io_req.client);
 		vfree(lc->disk_header);
 		kfree(lc);
 		return -ENOMEM;