diff --git a/samples/v4l/v4l2-pci-skeleton.c b/samples/v4l/v4l2-pci-skeleton.c
index 483e9bca9444..f520e3aef9c6 100644
--- a/samples/v4l/v4l2-pci-skeleton.c
+++ b/samples/v4l/v4l2-pci-skeleton.c
@@ -772,8 +772,10 @@ static int skeleton_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 	/* Allocate a new instance */
 	skel = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct skeleton), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!skel)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!skel) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto disable_pci;
+	}
 
 	/* Allocate the interrupt */
 	ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, pdev->irq,