diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c
index e4857b728033..a64abe38db2d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ iscsi_boot_create_kobj(struct iscsi_boot_kset *boot_kset,
 	boot_kobj->kobj.kset = boot_kset->kset;
 	if (kobject_init_and_add(&boot_kobj->kobj, &iscsi_boot_ktype,
 				 NULL, name, index)) {
-		kfree(boot_kobj);
+		kobject_put(&boot_kobj->kobj);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	boot_kobj->data = data;