diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
index 42874948b589..c37ae0b28bbb 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
@@ -3854,8 +3854,10 @@ static int __construct_region(struct cxl_region *cxlr,
 	}
 
 	rc = sysfs_update_group(&cxlr->dev.kobj, &cxl_region_group);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc) {
+		kfree(res);
 		return rc;
+	}
 
 	rc = insert_resource(cxlrd->res, res);
 	if (rc) {