diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 054d5ce6029e413df454106c464e331bf4d5ba94..0556542d7a6b6446e0d38c8fcd09123b1cd9f23e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -1059,8 +1059,10 @@ static int efx_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 
 	/* Allocate and initialise a struct net_device */
 	net_dev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(probe_data), EFX_MAX_CORE_TX_QUEUES);
-	if (!net_dev)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!net_dev) {
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail0;
+	}
 	probe_ptr = netdev_priv(net_dev);
 	*probe_ptr = probe_data;
 	efx->net_dev = net_dev;
@@ -1132,6 +1134,8 @@ static int efx_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 	WARN_ON(rc > 0);
 	netif_dbg(efx, drv, efx->net_dev, "initialisation failed. rc=%d\n", rc);
 	free_netdev(net_dev);
+ fail0:
+	kfree(probe_data);
 	return rc;
 }