diff --git a/net/iucv/iucv.c b/net/iucv/iucv.c
index 531a206ce7a6ee78e4b3e7b00faaa10a7a8809bd..d8e0635aace0198e9267436e3a86f83977e6f3ad 100644
--- a/net/iucv/iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/iucv.c
@@ -567,8 +567,11 @@ static int __cpuinit iucv_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 			return NOTIFY_BAD;
 		iucv_param[cpu] = kmalloc_node(sizeof(union iucv_param),
 				     GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA, cpu_to_node(cpu));
-		if (!iucv_param[cpu])
+		if (!iucv_param[cpu]) {
+			kfree(iucv_irq_data[cpu]);
+			iucv_irq_data[cpu] = NULL;
 			return NOTIFY_BAD;
+		}
 		break;
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED:
 	case CPU_UP_CANCELED_FROZEN: