diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
index 612fab6e54fb84f2d84372d202c77823fc3be921..79bdca5cb9c7ae8f01b1f4a25c7ceacd9c716e2c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
@@ -520,8 +520,10 @@ static int rh_call_control (struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb)
 	 */
 	tbuf_size =  max_t(u16, sizeof(struct usb_hub_descriptor), wLength);
 	tbuf = kzalloc(tbuf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!tbuf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!tbuf) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_alloc;
+	}
 
 	bufp = tbuf;
 
@@ -734,6 +736,7 @@ static int rh_call_control (struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb)
 	}
 
 	kfree(tbuf);
+ err_alloc:
 
 	/* any errors get returned through the urb completion */
 	spin_lock_irq(&hcd_root_hub_lock);