diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
index a64704b..4b7a9c2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
@@ -2259,8 +2259,11 @@
 	first_console = kzalloc(sizeof(*first_console), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!first_console)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (speakup_kobj_init() < 0)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	err = speakup_kobj_init();
+	if (err) {
+		kfree(first_console);
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	reset_default_chars();
 	reset_default_chartab();