diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index da48622d170fd135dba2113531aba945d38d81f5..aaa3735004bcedeea42dd8d3b622f7395687d6f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6126,12 +6126,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (r == 0)
 		r = kvm_mmu_setup(vcpu);
 	vcpu_put(vcpu);
-	if (r < 0)
-		goto free_vcpu;
 
-	return 0;
-free_vcpu:
-	kvm_x86_ops->vcpu_free(vcpu);
 	return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 087b3f8ca46ef1d0303dec290c021771f2a42a80..fa2321ac77ccf719e8a19fa5a8273145f24edd80 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1615,18 +1615,18 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 
 	r = kvm_arch_vcpu_setup(vcpu);
 	if (r)
-		return r;
+		goto vcpu_destroy;
 
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
 	if (atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) == KVM_MAX_VCPUS) {
 		r = -EINVAL;
-		goto vcpu_destroy;
+		goto unlock_vcpu_destroy;
 	}
 
 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(r, v, kvm)
 		if (v->vcpu_id == id) {
 			r = -EEXIST;
-			goto vcpu_destroy;
+			goto unlock_vcpu_destroy;
 		}
 
 	BUG_ON(kvm->vcpus[atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)]);
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 	r = create_vcpu_fd(vcpu);
 	if (r < 0) {
 		kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
-		goto vcpu_destroy;
+		goto unlock_vcpu_destroy;
 	}
 
 	kvm->vcpus[atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)] = vcpu;
@@ -1650,8 +1650,9 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 	return r;
 
-vcpu_destroy:
+unlock_vcpu_destroy:
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+vcpu_destroy:
 	kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(vcpu);
 	return r;
 }