diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index e72052964fb5..ff991e5bdf1f 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3846,6 +3846,7 @@ static int hugetlb_sysfs_add_hstate(struct hstate *h, struct kobject *parent,
 	if (retval) {
 		kobject_put(hstate_kobjs[hi]);
 		hstate_kobjs[hi] = NULL;
+		return retval;
 	}
 
 	if (h->demote_order) {