diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
index 5dfe6e8af140..ad736d7de838 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -967,6 +967,7 @@ static int read_per_ring_refs(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, const char *dir)
 	}
 	blkif->nr_ring_pages = nr_grefs;
 
+	err = -ENOMEM;
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_grefs * XEN_BLKIF_REQS_PER_PAGE; i++) {
 		req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!req)
@@ -989,7 +990,7 @@ static int read_per_ring_refs(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, const char *dir)
 	err = xen_blkif_map(ring, ring_ref, nr_grefs, evtchn);
 	if (err) {
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "mapping ring-ref port %u", evtchn);
-		return err;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1009,8 +1010,7 @@ fail:
 		}
 		kfree(req);
 	}
-	return -ENOMEM;
-
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int connect_ring(struct backend_info *be)