diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index dc5c126e398a..0f1ec9e8ff14 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -230,8 +230,10 @@ static int pinctrl_register_one_pin(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 		pindesc->name = name;
 	} else {
 		pindesc->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "PIN%u", number);
-		if (pindesc->name == NULL)
+		if (pindesc->name == NULL) {
+			kfree(pindesc);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 		pindesc->dynamic_name = true;
 	}