diff --git a/drivers/media/video/mem2mem_testdev.c b/drivers/media/video/mem2mem_testdev.c
index baf211b..b161d26 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/mem2mem_testdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/mem2mem_testdev.c
@@ -871,8 +871,10 @@
 
 	ctx->m2m_ctx = v4l2_m2m_ctx_init(ctx, dev->m2m_dev, queue_init);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx->m2m_ctx)) {
+		int ret = PTR_ERR(ctx->m2m_ctx);
+
 		kfree(ctx);
-		return PTR_ERR(ctx->m2m_ctx);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	atomic_inc(&dev->num_inst);