diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/conn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/conn.c
index 4c50efe4e7f1..61021133029e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/conn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/conn.c
@@ -464,8 +464,10 @@ static int mlx5_fpga_conn_create_cq(struct mlx5_fpga_conn *conn, int cq_size)
 	}
 
 	err = mlx5_vector2eqn(mdev, smp_processor_id(), &eqn, &irqn);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		kvfree(in);
 		goto err_cqwq;
+	}
 
 	cqc = MLX5_ADDR_OF(create_cq_in, in, cq_context);
 	MLX5_SET(cqc, cqc, log_cq_size, ilog2(cq_size));