diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
index 13af72556987ffe6ffd5dbf2a32d240a1a545cc0..745ab6cd7c30b78bc2f9325481571b7f9015402b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tc_tun.c
@@ -239,12 +239,15 @@ int mlx5e_tc_tun_create_header_ipv4(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	if (max_encap_size < ipv4_encap_size) {
 		mlx5_core_warn(priv->mdev, "encap size %d too big, max supported is %d\n",
 			       ipv4_encap_size, max_encap_size);
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	encap_header = kzalloc(ipv4_encap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!encap_header)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!encap_header) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/* used by mlx5e_detach_encap to lookup a neigh hash table
 	 * entry in the neigh hash table when a user deletes a rule
@@ -355,12 +358,15 @@ int mlx5e_tc_tun_create_header_ipv6(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	if (max_encap_size < ipv6_encap_size) {
 		mlx5_core_warn(priv->mdev, "encap size %d too big, max supported is %d\n",
 			       ipv6_encap_size, max_encap_size);
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	encap_header = kzalloc(ipv6_encap_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!encap_header)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!encap_header) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/* used by mlx5e_detach_encap to lookup a neigh hash table
 	 * entry in the neigh hash table when a user deletes a rule