diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index f0c07e4ba438..cae013130eb1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -540,6 +540,8 @@ static struct ib_ah *_rdma_create_ah(struct ib_pd *pd,
 	else
 		ret = device->ops.create_ah(ah, &init_attr, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
+		if (ah->sgid_attr)
+			rdma_put_gid_attr(ah->sgid_attr);
 		kfree(ah);
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
 	}