diff --git a/crypto/rng.c b/crypto/rng.c
index 1e21231f71c9..1490d210f1a1 100644
--- a/crypto/rng.c
+++ b/crypto/rng.c
@@ -37,12 +37,16 @@ int crypto_rng_reset(struct crypto_rng *tfm, const u8 *seed, unsigned int slen)
 	crypto_stats_get(alg);
 	if (!seed && slen) {
 		buf = kmalloc(slen, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!buf)
+		if (!buf) {
+			crypto_alg_put(alg);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 
 		err = get_random_bytes_wait(buf, slen);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			crypto_alg_put(alg);
 			goto out;
+		}
 		seed = buf;
 	}