diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c
index 0dae7c9f4a8f..4abbeea782fa 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_smd.c
@@ -1122,8 +1122,10 @@ static struct qcom_smd_channel *qcom_smd_create_channel(struct qcom_smd_edge *ed
 
 	channel->edge = edge;
 	channel->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!channel->name)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	if (!channel->name) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_channel;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_init(&channel->tx_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&channel->recv_lock);
@@ -1173,6 +1175,7 @@ static struct qcom_smd_channel *qcom_smd_create_channel(struct qcom_smd_edge *ed
 
 free_name_and_channel:
 	kfree(channel->name);
+free_channel:
 	kfree(channel);
 
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);