diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c
index 3b9eda311c27..b518009715ee 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ static int zcdn_create(const char *name)
 			 ZCRYPT_NAME "_%d", (int) MINOR(devt));
 	nodename[sizeof(nodename)-1] = '\0';
 	if (dev_set_name(&zcdndev->device, nodename)) {
+		kfree(zcdndev);
 		rc = -EINVAL;
 		goto unlockout;
 	}