diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c
index 0c4894dd9c02a9e8c5e8ac648d3052715a6c17aa..7a8f9d0b71b54a81b4cce20fcbad3734c0369db9 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/device.c
@@ -970,7 +970,8 @@ int hl_device_init(struct hl_device *hdev, struct class *hclass)
 	rc = hl_ctx_init(hdev, hdev->kernel_ctx, true);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(hdev->dev, "failed to initialize kernel context\n");
-		goto free_ctx;
+		kfree(hdev->kernel_ctx);
+		goto mmu_fini;
 	}
 
 	rc = hl_cb_pool_init(hdev);
@@ -1053,8 +1054,6 @@ int hl_device_init(struct hl_device *hdev, struct class *hclass)
 	if (hl_ctx_put(hdev->kernel_ctx) != 1)
 		dev_err(hdev->dev,
 			"kernel ctx is still alive on initialization failure\n");
-free_ctx:
-	kfree(hdev->kernel_ctx);
 mmu_fini:
 	hl_mmu_fini(hdev);
 eq_fini: