diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
index 1c27a5a06b49..5635e656c1a3 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ css_alloc_subchannel(struct subchannel_id schid)
 	sch->schib.pmcw.intparm = (__u32)(unsigned long)sch;
 	ret = cio_modify(sch);
 	if (ret) {
+		kfree(sch->lock);
 		kfree(sch);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}