diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
index b831740fd7f63bf5fb672119abbefd9ae14bcb56..772d78d92d446d8acca2515dff93151bb76d3fbd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
@@ -1597,7 +1597,8 @@ _ctl_diag_register_2(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,
 			    " for diag buffers, requested size(%d)\n",
 			    ioc->name, __func__, request_data_sz);
 			mpt3sas_base_free_smid(ioc, smid);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		ioc->diag_buffer[buffer_type] = request_data;
 		ioc->diag_buffer_sz[buffer_type] = request_data_sz;