diff --git a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
index 33c7d0879..da5513c50 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/spl/spl-kmem-cache.c
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ spl_kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
 
 	rc = percpu_counter_init(&skc->skc_linux_alloc, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (rc != 0) {
+		kfree(skc->skc_name);
 		kfree(skc);
 		return (NULL);
 	}