diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
index 1ea686b9e0f96..6a0fec357daec 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/cq.c
@@ -253,11 +253,14 @@ struct ib_cq *mlx4_ib_create_cq(struct ib_device *ibdev,
 	if (context)
 		if (ib_copy_to_udata(udata, &cq->mcq.cqn, sizeof (__u32))) {
 			err = -EFAULT;
-			goto err_dbmap;
+			goto err_cq_free;
 		}
 
 	return &cq->ibcq;
 
+err_cq_free:
+	mlx4_cq_free(dev->dev, &cq->mcq);
+
 err_dbmap:
 	if (context)
 		mlx4_ib_db_unmap_user(to_mucontext(context), &cq->db);