diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c
index 6781bcdb10b3..741938409f8e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c
@@ -1529,8 +1529,11 @@ int sdma_init(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, u8 port)
 	}
 
 	ret = rhashtable_init(tmp_sdma_rht, &sdma_rht_params);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		kfree(tmp_sdma_rht);
 		goto bail;
+	}
+
 	dd->sdma_rht = tmp_sdma_rht;
 
 	dd_dev_info(dd, "SDMA num_sdma: %u\n", dd->num_sdma);