diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 9854aff6b419360fff0d6d1587a90aef795b4dc9..62ae3880a9add6080384fc6560943962f01cdf2d 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ static void __init sparse_init_nid(int nid, unsigned long pnum_begin,
 			pr_err("%s: node[%d] memory map backing failed. Some memory will not be available.",
 			       __func__, nid);
 			pnum_begin = pnum;
+			sparse_buffer_fini();
 			goto failed;
 		}
 		check_usemap_section_nr(nid, usemap);