diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 646cf2ae32fd..4470251ddc53 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2791,8 +2791,8 @@ out_free_0:
 	__free_page(bad_page);
 out:
 	kvm_arch_exit();
-	kvm_exit_debug();
 out_fail:
+	kvm_exit_debug();
 	return r;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_init);