diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 935a886af40c9..0642ea1748490 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -940,8 +940,10 @@ static int __trace_kprobe_create(int argc, const char *argv[])
 		}
 		/* a symbol specified */
 		symbol = kstrdup(argv[1], GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!symbol)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!symbol) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto error;
+		}
 
 		tmp = strchr(symbol, '%');
 		if (tmp) {