diff --git a/kernel/bpf/offload.c b/kernel/bpf/offload.c
index 177a524363942e0c66079cf51b0f760c98bf8031..86477f3894e5279eec3ac5980d34a91b5cbfca68 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/offload.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/offload.c
@@ -645,8 +645,10 @@ struct bpf_offload_dev *bpf_offload_dev_create(void)
 	down_write(&bpf_devs_lock);
 	if (!offdevs_inited) {
 		err = rhashtable_init(&offdevs, &offdevs_params);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			up_write(&bpf_devs_lock);
 			return ERR_PTR(err);
+		}
 		offdevs_inited = true;
 	}
 	up_write(&bpf_devs_lock);