diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c
index 356318746dd1..17b3f1ea3a5c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_api.c
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ 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;
 	}