diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 9cd04f684102da0eaa9a2a380b8bfcfa9803b706..f69d1548b562a15111e1bffb1ab5f9e51f2a31ef 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -6098,16 +6098,20 @@ static int __init ata_init(void)
 
 	ata_wq = create_workqueue("ata");
 	if (!ata_wq)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_force_tbl;
 
 	ata_aux_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("ata_aux");
-	if (!ata_aux_wq) {
-		destroy_workqueue(ata_wq);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	if (!ata_aux_wq)
+		goto free_wq;
 
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "libata version " DRV_VERSION " loaded.\n");
 	return 0;
+
+free_wq:
+	destroy_workqueue(ata_wq);
+free_force_tbl:
+	kfree(ata_force_tbl);
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static void __exit ata_exit(void)