diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index d1600d2aa2e2e6983643ef0ef864195f858d4f9d..f8b37d4c05d8c301658a42c116110d1b63fc9323 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -159,8 +159,10 @@ static int stripe_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 		sc->stripes_shift = __ffs(stripes);
 
 	r = dm_set_target_max_io_len(ti, chunk_size);
-	if (r)
+	if (r) {
+		kfree(sc);
 		return r;
+	}
 
 	ti->num_flush_bios = stripes;
 	ti->num_discard_bios = stripes;