diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ipic.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ipic.c
index ebb7e584401216e350b7391e942de013ecb35a06..cb7689c4bfbd5e7f3578a78961e3a0293f20de8b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ipic.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/ipic.c
@@ -735,8 +735,10 @@ struct ipic * __init ipic_init(struct device_node *node, unsigned int flags)
 	ipic->irqhost = irq_alloc_host(node, IRQ_HOST_MAP_LINEAR,
 				       NR_IPIC_INTS,
 				       &ipic_host_ops, 0);
-	if (ipic->irqhost == NULL)
+	if (ipic->irqhost == NULL) {
+		kfree(ipic);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	ipic->regs = ioremap(res.start, res.end - res.start + 1);