diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
index b8cd43c9ed5b..c4676bacb8db 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ int hsr_dev_finalize(struct net_device *hsr_dev, struct net_device *slave[2],
 
 	res = hsr_add_port(hsr, hsr_dev, HSR_PT_MASTER);
 	if (res)
-		return res;
+		goto err_add_port;
 
 	res = register_netdevice(hsr_dev);
 	if (res)
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ int hsr_dev_finalize(struct net_device *hsr_dev, struct net_device *slave[2],
 fail:
 	hsr_for_each_port(hsr, port)
 		hsr_del_port(port);
+err_add_port:
+	hsr_del_node(&hsr->self_node_db);
 
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c b/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c
index 286ceb41ac0c..9af16cb68f76 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.c
@@ -124,6 +124,18 @@ int hsr_create_self_node(struct list_head *self_node_db,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void hsr_del_node(struct list_head *self_node_db)
+{
+	struct hsr_node *node;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	node = list_first_or_null_rcu(self_node_db, struct hsr_node, mac_list);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (node) {
+		list_del_rcu(&node->mac_list);
+		kfree(node);
+	}
+}
 
 /* Allocate an hsr_node and add it to node_db. 'addr' is the node's AddressA;
  * seq_out is used to initialize filtering of outgoing duplicate frames
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.h b/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.h
index 370b45998121..531fd3dfcac1 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.h
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_framereg.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 struct hsr_node;
 
+void hsr_del_node(struct list_head *self_node_db);
 struct hsr_node *hsr_add_node(struct list_head *node_db, unsigned char addr[],
 			      u16 seq_out);
 struct hsr_node *hsr_get_node(struct hsr_port *port, struct sk_buff *skb,