diff --git a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
index c5ea8c5a8212..189d7a083acf 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_fq_codel.c
@@ -477,24 +477,28 @@ static int fq_codel_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	q->cparams.mtu = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
 
 	if (opt) {
-		int err = fq_codel_change(sch, opt);
+		err = fq_codel_change(sch, opt);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto init_failure;
 	}
 
 	err = tcf_block_get(&q->block, &q->filter_list, sch);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto init_failure;
 
 	if (!q->flows) {
 		q->flows = kvcalloc(q->flows_cnt,
 				    sizeof(struct fq_codel_flow),
 				    GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!q->flows)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!q->flows) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto init_failure;
+		}
 		q->backlogs = kvcalloc(q->flows_cnt, sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!q->backlogs)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!q->backlogs) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto alloc_failure;
+		}
 		for (i = 0; i < q->flows_cnt; i++) {
 			struct fq_codel_flow *flow = q->flows + i;
 
@@ -507,6 +511,13 @@ static int fq_codel_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	else
 		sch->flags &= ~TCQ_F_CAN_BYPASS;
 	return 0;
+
+alloc_failure:
+	kvfree(q->flows);
+	q->flows = NULL;
+init_failure:
+	q->flows_cnt = 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int fq_codel_dump(struct Qdisc *sch, struct sk_buff *skb)