diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 675e01e..c07c333 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,10 @@
 
 	/* Perform scheduler related setup. Assign this task to a CPU. */
 	sched_fork(p, clone_flags);
-	perf_counter_init_task(p);
+
+	retval = perf_counter_init_task(p);
+	if (retval)
+		goto bad_fork_cleanup_policy;
 
 	if ((retval = audit_alloc(p)))
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_policy;
@@ -1295,6 +1298,7 @@
 bad_fork_cleanup_audit:
 	audit_free(p);
 bad_fork_cleanup_policy:
+	perf_counter_exit_task(p);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	mpol_put(p->mempolicy);
 bad_fork_cleanup_cgroup: