diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c
index 551332e4ed02..9da02d108b73 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ep93xx.c
@@ -128,12 +128,16 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
-	if (res == NULL)
-		return -ENXIO;
+	if (res == NULL) {
+		err = -ENXIO;
+		goto fail_free;
+	}
 
 	res = request_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res), pdev->name);
-	if (res == NULL)
-		return -EBUSY;
+	if (res == NULL) {
+		err = -EBUSY;
+		goto fail_free;
+	}
 
 	ep93xx_rtc->mmio_base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (ep93xx_rtc->mmio_base == NULL) {
@@ -169,6 +173,8 @@ static int __init ep93xx_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		pdev->dev.platform_data = NULL;
 	}
 	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
+fail_free:
+	kfree(ep93xx_rtc);
 	return err;
 }