diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_pci_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_pci_sysfs.c
index 6e3428b..622d117 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_pci_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_pci_sysfs.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@
 
 	/* Error unwind statck */
 kobject_init_and_add_fail:
-	kfree(edac_pci_top_main_kobj);
+	kobject_put(edac_pci_top_main_kobj);
 
 kzalloc_fail:
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);