diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
index ed0b68fdb9703f60bba0a29f4c36bdb19d5330bc..8359dc777041be9265e53907025564196b1d0fbc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem.c
@@ -3512,9 +3512,11 @@ i915_gem_busy_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 			 * so emit a request to do so.
 			 */
 			request = kzalloc(sizeof(*request), GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (request)
+			if (request) {
 				ret = i915_add_request(obj->ring, NULL, request);
-			else
+				if (ret)
+					kfree(request);
+			} else
 				ret = -ENOMEM;
 		}