diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
index 039e0f91dba8..6945c3c96637 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg.c
@@ -605,8 +605,10 @@ static int fw_cfg_register_file(const struct fw_cfg_file *f)
 	/* register entry under "/sys/firmware/qemu_fw_cfg/by_key/" */
 	err = kobject_init_and_add(&entry->kobj, &fw_cfg_sysfs_entry_ktype,
 				   fw_cfg_sel_ko, "%d", entry->select);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_register;
+	if (err) {
+		kobject_put(&entry->kobj);
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	/* add raw binary content access */
 	err = sysfs_create_bin_file(&entry->kobj, &fw_cfg_sysfs_attr_raw);
@@ -622,7 +624,6 @@ static int fw_cfg_register_file(const struct fw_cfg_file *f)
 
 err_add_raw:
 	kobject_del(&entry->kobj);
-err_register:
 	kfree(entry);
 	return err;
 }