diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 83112f08a41df91e5fd57451c19d0ad3856e858a..9a558b63e78fe0f2fcccf886397fdbaea86e7272 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -4150,6 +4150,7 @@ static int __init do_floppy_init(void)
 
 		disks[dr]->queue = blk_init_queue(do_fd_request, &floppy_lock);
 		if (!disks[dr]->queue) {
+			put_disk(disks[dr]);
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_put_disk;
 		}