diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
index 519611793f7c9..8db8405c1e99e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/qp.c
@@ -1191,8 +1191,10 @@ static struct ib_qp *_mlx4_ib_create_qp(struct ib_pd *pd,
 	{
 		err = create_qp_common(to_mdev(pd->device), pd, init_attr,
 				       udata, 0, &qp, gfp);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			kfree(qp);
 			return ERR_PTR(err);
+		}
 
 		qp->ibqp.qp_num = qp->mqp.qpn;
 		qp->xrcdn = xrcdn;