diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 5ad227f0cea3f8af09c9131e95f4e7f3a1497d31..76cc910557f049b59a0b81fc384167cf82af6669 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -2009,6 +2009,8 @@ static int cache_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 		goto out;
 
 	r = cache_create(ca, &cache);
+	if (r)
+		goto out;
 
 	r = copy_ctr_args(cache, argc - 3, (const char **)argv + 3);
 	if (r) {