diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 8bf24c1cd8bba3..af94d067ac140d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1487,7 +1487,8 @@ static int nvme_ns_info_from_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 	if (id->ncap == 0) {
 		/* namespace not allocated or attached */
 		info->is_removed = true;
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	info->anagrpid = id->anagrpid;
@@ -1505,8 +1506,10 @@ static int nvme_ns_info_from_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 		    !memchr_inv(ids->nguid, 0, sizeof(ids->nguid)))
 			memcpy(ids->nguid, id->nguid, sizeof(ids->nguid));
 	}
+
+error:
 	kfree(id);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int nvme_ns_info_from_id_cs_indep(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,