diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c
index 240f67a8e2e3..ea2c04384a0e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_transport.c
@@ -1428,9 +1428,15 @@ static struct mpi3mr_sas_port *mpi3mr_sas_port_add(struct mpi3mr_ioc *mrioc,
 	}
 
 	port = sas_port_alloc_num(mr_sas_node->parent_dev);
+	if (!port) {
+		ioc_err(mrioc, "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
+		    __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
+		goto out_fail;
+	}
 	if ((sas_port_add(port))) {
 		ioc_err(mrioc, "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
 		    __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
+		sas_port_free(port);
 		goto out_fail;
 	}