diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c
index cfd257e34e02993353cc9b60eb85e4c2538c89a2..d8eead5d106df4326c476699cb44ee8756ddeec1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c
@@ -491,12 +491,13 @@ int rdma_explicit_destroy(struct ib_uobject *uobject)
 	ret = uobject->type->type_class->remove_commit(uobject,
 						       RDMA_REMOVE_DESTROY);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 
 	uobject->type = &null_obj_type;
 
+out:
 	up_read(&ucontext->cleanup_rwsem);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void alloc_commit_idr_uobject(struct ib_uobject *uobj)