diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 467a194b8a2e..d09aa1c1e3e6 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1726,7 +1726,8 @@ static int __init init_mqueue_fs(void)
 
 	if (!setup_mq_sysctls(&init_ipc_ns)) {
 		pr_warn("sysctl registration failed\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		error = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_kmem;
 	}
 
 	error = register_filesystem(&mqueue_fs_type);
@@ -1744,8 +1745,9 @@ static int __init init_mqueue_fs(void)
 out_filesystem:
 	unregister_filesystem(&mqueue_fs_type);
 out_sysctl:
-	kmem_cache_destroy(mqueue_inode_cachep);
 	retire_mq_sysctls(&init_ipc_ns);
+out_kmem:
+	kmem_cache_destroy(mqueue_inode_cachep);
 	return error;
 }