diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
index a9e00cdf717b..2284930b5f91 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
@@ -2960,6 +2960,7 @@ static int ib_mad_post_receive_mads(struct ib_mad_qp_info *qp_info,
 						 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 		if (unlikely(ib_dma_mapping_error(qp_info->port_priv->device,
 						  sg_list.addr))) {
+			kfree(mad_priv);
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
 		}