diff --git a/fs/pstore/platform.c b/fs/pstore/platform.c
index d896457e7c117519630b8b0ce2cfffac0e393640..408277ee3cdb9dfad303e958f00f6d9d08528970 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/platform.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/platform.c
@@ -823,9 +823,9 @@ static int __init pstore_init(void)
 
 	ret = pstore_init_fs();
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		free_buf_for_compression();
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 late_initcall(pstore_init);