diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
index 00329f668b590260713d3dab844179398f55b465..5177479d13d388efa1a2cbd13c87d051afdc0b00 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
@@ -1178,8 +1178,11 @@ int cx23888_ir_probe(struct cx23885_dev *dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&state->rx_kfifo_lock);
-	if (kfifo_alloc(&state->rx_kfifo, CX23888_IR_RX_KFIFO_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (kfifo_alloc(&state->rx_kfifo, CX23888_IR_RX_KFIFO_SIZE,
+			GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		kfree(state);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	state->dev = dev;
 	sd = &state->sd;