diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
index ea6ad9da749303a239f51702905bd11d34d5efed..a02d3cbf2a1b604a2ab65f4f11e98435023a18f2 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_userspace.c
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ int mptcp_userspace_pm_append_new_local_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 		 */
 		e = sock_kmalloc(sk, sizeof(*e), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!e) {
-			spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto append_err;
 		}
 
 		*e = *entry;
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ int mptcp_userspace_pm_append_new_local_addr(struct mptcp_sock *msk,
 		ret = entry->addr.id;
 	}
 
+append_err:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&msk->pm.lock);
 	return ret;
 }