diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 0d0665ca6f1914f77fa3aa23b68254d42fcd0c86..c73cabdbd4c08a22fd506eef8a219f02833fb4b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -6149,8 +6149,10 @@ static int __init cxgb4_init_module(void)
 		pr_warn("could not create debugfs entry, continuing\n");
 
 	ret = pci_register_driver(&cxgb4_driver);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		debugfs_remove(cxgb4_debugfs_root);
+		destroy_workqueue(workq);
+	}
 
 	register_inet6addr_notifier(&cxgb4_inet6addr_notifier);