diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c
index 001fbf537440..a1d94be7883a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_submitqueue.c
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ int msm_submitqueue_create(struct drm_device *drm, struct msm_file_private *ctx,
 	queue->flags = flags;
 
 	if (priv->gpu) {
-		if (prio >= priv->gpu->nr_rings)
+		if (prio >= priv->gpu->nr_rings) {
+			kfree(queue);
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 
 		queue->prio = prio;
 	}