diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index ac895e02cd41..44f2bad08670 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -18928,15 +18928,15 @@ static int nl80211_color_change(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (!wdev->links[params.link_id].ap.beacon_interval)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	tb = kzalloc_objs(*tb, NL80211_ATTR_MAX + 1);
+	if (!tb)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	err = nl80211_parse_beacon(rdev, info->attrs, &params.beacon_next,
 				   wdev->links[params.link_id].ap.chandef.chan,
 				   info->extack);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
-
-	tb = kzalloc_objs(*tb, NL80211_ATTR_MAX + 1);
-	if (!tb)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
 
 	err = nla_parse_nested(tb, NL80211_ATTR_MAX,
 			       info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_COLOR_CHANGE_ELEMS],