diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index d7532f5a352a..917fe034af37 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -339,8 +339,10 @@ static int dvb_create_media_entity(struct dvb_device *dvbdev,
 	if (npads) {
 		dvbdev->pads = kcalloc(npads, sizeof(*dvbdev->pads),
 				       GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!dvbdev->pads)
+		if (!dvbdev->pads) {
+			kfree(dvbdev->entity);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch (type) {