diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 13160f8f2c0d..925774b20f87 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: dd0078f4f04d939950a792c493d7d97d7ce663b8
+refs/heads/master: 5802294f1b1895ee19a3d0ae72805da453afb9de
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c b/trunk/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c
index 5edf82c34bbc..35c2d3360ecf 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c
@@ -308,11 +308,16 @@ static int rcupreempt_debugfs_init(void)
 
 static int __init rcupreempt_trace_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	mutex_init(&rcupreempt_trace_mutex);
 	rcupreempt_trace_buf = kmalloc(RCUPREEMPT_TRACE_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rcupreempt_trace_buf)
 		return 1;
-	return rcupreempt_debugfs_init();
+	ret = rcupreempt_debugfs_init();
+	if (ret)
+		kfree(rcupreempt_trace_buf);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit rcupreempt_trace_cleanup(void)