diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c
index 1f2506f32bb9250c13245d93f3d7c56724acfd68..1878a6776519e97c49cc3e87b8e25e788f22ecae 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epf-core.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ struct pci_epf *pci_epf_create(const char *name)
 
 put_dev:
 	put_device(dev);
-	kfree(epf->name);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 
 free_epf:
 	kfree(epf);