diff --git a/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c b/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
index f422f9c58ba7..e9704aecd7ee 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
@@ -152,12 +152,10 @@ static struct snp_guest_crypto *init_crypto(struct snp_guest_dev *snp_dev, u8 *k
 	crypto->a_len = crypto_aead_authsize(crypto->tfm);
 	crypto->authtag = kmalloc(crypto->a_len, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!crypto->authtag)
-		goto e_free_auth;
+		goto e_free_iv;
 
 	return crypto;
 
-e_free_auth:
-	kfree(crypto->authtag);
 e_free_iv:
 	kfree(crypto->iv);
 e_free_crypto: