diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
index a160c14304eba22bd83ee98b8f052a2ed8bf7a3f..53766e2bc029e25efc87270f6983e3b7975be31d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
@@ -294,32 +294,26 @@ long kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct kvm_create_spapr_tce_64 *args)
 {
 	struct kvmppc_spapr_tce_table *stt = NULL;
+	struct kvmppc_spapr_tce_table *siter;
 	unsigned long npages, size;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	int i;
+	int fd = -1;
 
 	if (!args->size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* Check this LIOBN hasn't been previously allocated */
-	list_for_each_entry(stt, &kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables, list) {
-		if (stt->liobn == args->liobn)
-			return -EBUSY;
-	}
-
 	size = _ALIGN_UP(args->size, PAGE_SIZE >> 3);
 	npages = kvmppc_tce_pages(size);
 	ret = kvmppc_account_memlimit(kvmppc_stt_pages(npages), true);
-	if (ret) {
-		stt = NULL;
-		goto fail;
-	}
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	stt = kzalloc(sizeof(*stt) + npages * sizeof(struct page *),
 		      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!stt)
-		goto fail;
+		goto fail_acct;
 
 	stt->liobn = args->liobn;
 	stt->page_shift = args->page_shift;
@@ -334,24 +328,42 @@ long kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce(struct kvm *kvm,
 			goto fail;
 	}
 
-	kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
+	ret = fd = anon_inode_getfd("kvm-spapr-tce", &kvm_spapr_tce_fops,
+				    stt, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto fail;
 
 	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
-	list_add_rcu(&stt->list, &kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables);
+
+	/* Check this LIOBN hasn't been previously allocated */
+	ret = 0;
+	list_for_each_entry(siter, &kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables, list) {
+		if (siter->liobn == args->liobn) {
+			ret = -EBUSY;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!ret) {
+		list_add_rcu(&stt->list, &kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables);
+		kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
+	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
-	return anon_inode_getfd("kvm-spapr-tce", &kvm_spapr_tce_fops,
-				stt, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+	if (!ret)
+		return fd;
 
-fail:
-	if (stt) {
-		for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
-			if (stt->pages[i])
-				__free_page(stt->pages[i]);
+	put_unused_fd(fd);
 
-		kfree(stt);
-	}
+ fail:
+	for (i = 0; i < npages; i++)
+		if (stt->pages[i])
+			__free_page(stt->pages[i]);
+
+	kfree(stt);
+ fail_acct:
+	kvmppc_account_memlimit(kvmppc_stt_pages(npages), false);
 	return ret;
 }