diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index a9fa06927860..d26c986b7660 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -4514,13 +4514,15 @@ int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *s, slab_flags_t flags)
 		return 0;
 
 	err = sysfs_slab_add(s);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
 		__kmem_cache_release(s);
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	if (s->flags & SLAB_STORE_USER)
 		debugfs_slab_add(s);
 
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void *__kmalloc_track_caller(size_t size, gfp_t gfpflags, unsigned long caller)