diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
index 5664a1905e8b..f64ccf6286ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
@@ -3041,8 +3041,10 @@ static int iavf_configure_clsflower(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	while (!mutex_trylock(&adapter->crit_lock)) {
-		if (--count == 0)
-			goto err;
+		if (--count == 0) {
+			kfree(filter);
+			return err;
+		}
 		udelay(1);
 	}