diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
index 9de66bbbb3d1..4782edcbe7b9 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
@@ -129,15 +129,17 @@ static int posix_clock_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *fp)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	pccontext->clk = clk;
-	fp->private_data = pccontext;
-	if (clk->ops.open)
+	if (clk->ops.open) {
 		err = clk->ops.open(pccontext, fp->f_mode);
-	else
-		err = 0;
-
-	if (!err) {
-		get_device(clk->dev);
+		if (err) {
+			kfree(pccontext);
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
+
+	fp->private_data = pccontext;
+	get_device(clk->dev);
+	err = 0;
 out:
 	up_read(&clk->rwsem);
 	return err;