diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index ba03f5a4b30c..a2765d668856 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ static int __init efisubsys_init(void)
 	efi_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("efi", firmware_kobj);
 	if (!efi_kobj) {
 		pr_err("efi: Firmware registration failed.\n");
-		destroy_workqueue(efi_rts_wq);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_destroy_wq;
 	}
 
 	if (efi_rt_services_supported(EFI_RT_SUPPORTED_GET_VARIABLE |
@@ -429,7 +429,10 @@ err_unregister:
 		generic_ops_unregister();
 err_put:
 	kobject_put(efi_kobj);
-	destroy_workqueue(efi_rts_wq);
+err_destroy_wq:
+	if (efi_rts_wq)
+		destroy_workqueue(efi_rts_wq);
+
 	return error;
 }