diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index a36d0739dbfe..7502441b1400 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -898,8 +898,10 @@ void acpi_sysfs_add_hotplug_profile(struct acpi_hotplug_profile *hotplug,
 
 	error = kobject_init_and_add(&hotplug->kobj,
 		&acpi_hotplug_profile_ktype, hotplug_kobj, "%s", name);
-	if (error)
+	if (error) {
+		kobject_put(&hotplug->kobj);
 		goto err_out;
+	}
 
 	kobject_uevent(&hotplug->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	return;