diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 709cf1fd4cf4..36abbe3c346d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -2354,7 +2354,7 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_core_vcpu_create_hv(struct kvm *kvm,
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
 	if (!vcore)
-		goto free_vcpu;
+		goto uninit_vcpu;
 
 	spin_lock(&vcore->lock);
 	++vcore->num_threads;
@@ -2371,6 +2371,8 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_core_vcpu_create_hv(struct kvm *kvm,
 
 	return vcpu;
 
+uninit_vcpu:
+	kvm_vcpu_uninit(vcpu);
 free_vcpu:
 	kmem_cache_free(kvm_vcpu_cache, vcpu);
 out: