diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
index 9821ae900f6d5bf2fac8f684089968b4c19acd52..da12da1c36f60836fdb287920e7d7e9e582fc2a2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ int iwpm_create_mapinfo(struct sockaddr_storage *local_sockaddr,
 			struct sockaddr_storage *mapped_sockaddr,
 			u8 nl_client)
 {
-	struct hlist_head *hash_bucket_head;
+	struct hlist_head *hash_bucket_head = NULL;
 	struct iwpm_mapping_info *map_info;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ int iwpm_create_mapinfo(struct sockaddr_storage *local_sockaddr,
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&iwpm_mapinfo_lock, flags);
+
+	if (!hash_bucket_head)
+		kfree(map_info);
 	return ret;
 }