diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 16b10b9436dc59e4456da07487d83ef49f5298b0..01547bdbfb061c867b1a7c7ec22fb0a482168c17 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -130,9 +130,25 @@ static void sev_asid_free(int asid)
 	mutex_unlock(&sev_bitmap_lock);
 }
 
-static void sev_unbind_asid(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int handle)
+static void sev_decommission(unsigned int handle)
 {
 	struct sev_data_decommission *decommission;
+
+	if (!handle)
+		return;
+
+	decommission = kzalloc(sizeof(*decommission), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!decommission)
+		return;
+
+	decommission->handle = handle;
+	sev_guest_decommission(decommission, NULL);
+
+	kfree(decommission);
+}
+
+static void sev_unbind_asid(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int handle)
+{
 	struct sev_data_deactivate *data;
 
 	if (!handle)
@@ -152,15 +168,7 @@ static void sev_unbind_asid(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int handle)
 
 	kfree(data);
 
-	decommission = kzalloc(sizeof(*decommission), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!decommission)
-		return;
-
-	/* decommission handle */
-	decommission->handle = handle;
-	sev_guest_decommission(decommission, NULL);
-
-	kfree(decommission);
+	sev_decommission(handle);
 }
 
 static int sev_guest_init(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_sev_cmd *argp)
@@ -288,8 +296,10 @@ static int sev_launch_start(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_sev_cmd *argp)
 
 	/* Bind ASID to this guest */
 	ret = sev_bind_asid(kvm, start->handle, error);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		sev_decommission(start->handle);
 		goto e_free_session;
+	}
 
 	/* return handle to userspace */
 	params.handle = start->handle;