diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
index 343e6709d9fc..2f053f48f1be 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/devx.c
@@ -1792,8 +1792,10 @@ subscribe_event_xa_alloc(struct mlx5_devx_event_table *devx_event_table,
 				key_level2,
 				obj_event,
 				GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			kfree(obj_event);
 			return err;
+		}
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&obj_event->obj_sub_list);
 	}