diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
index 94762de1fe5f..18509d8082ea 100644
--- a/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
+++ b/kernel/liveupdate/kexec_handover.c
@@ -762,19 +762,24 @@ int kho_add_subtree(const char *name, void *blob, size_t size)
 		goto out_pack;
 	}
 
-	err = fdt_setprop(root_fdt, off, KHO_SUB_TREE_PROP_NAME,
-			  &phys, sizeof(phys));
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto out_pack;
+	fdt_err = fdt_setprop(root_fdt, off, KHO_SUB_TREE_PROP_NAME,
+			      &phys, sizeof(phys));
+	if (fdt_err < 0)
+		goto out_del_node;
 
-	err = fdt_setprop(root_fdt, off, KHO_SUB_TREE_SIZE_PROP_NAME,
-			  &size_u64, sizeof(size_u64));
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto out_pack;
+	fdt_err = fdt_setprop(root_fdt, off, KHO_SUB_TREE_SIZE_PROP_NAME,
+			      &size_u64, sizeof(size_u64));
+	if (fdt_err < 0)
+		goto out_del_node;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(kho_debugfs_blob_add(&kho_out.dbg, name, blob,
 					  size, false));
 
+	err = 0;
+	goto out_pack;
+
+out_del_node:
+	fdt_del_node(root_fdt, off);
 out_pack:
 	fdt_pack(root_fdt);