diff --git a/lib/kunit/executor.c b/lib/kunit/executor.c
index 6c489d6c5e5d..5e223327196a 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/executor.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/executor.c
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ kunit_filter_tests(const struct kunit_suite *const suite, const char *test_glob)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	filtered = kcalloc(n + 1, sizeof(*filtered), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!filtered)
+	if (!filtered) {
+		kfree(copy);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	}
 
 	n = 0;
 	kunit_suite_for_each_test_case(suite, test_case) {