diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index 8f08e0bae300..f032e58a4c3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -4583,13 +4583,19 @@ static struct pci_driver ena_pci_driver = {
 
 static int __init ena_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	ena_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue(DRV_MODULE_NAME);
 	if (!ena_wq) {
 		pr_err("Failed to create workqueue\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	return pci_register_driver(&ena_pci_driver);
+	ret = pci_register_driver(&ena_pci_driver);
+	if (ret)
+		destroy_workqueue(ena_wq);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit ena_cleanup(void)