diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mcast.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mcast.c
index 873a9b10307c..86cc2e18a7fd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mcast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mcast.c
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ static struct rxe_mcg *rxe_get_mcg(struct rxe_dev *rxe, union ib_gid *mgid)
 
 	/* speculative alloc of new mcg */
 	mcg = kzalloc(sizeof(*mcg), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mcg)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	if (!mcg) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_dec;
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&rxe->mcg_lock);
 	/* re-check to see if someone else just added it */