diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 8a129746bd6c..aa0979e8de15 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,8 @@ static int map_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr)
 			goto free_map;
 		}
 	} else if (attr->excl_prog_hash_size) {
-		return -EINVAL;
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto free_map;
 	}
 
 	err = security_bpf_map_create(map, attr, token, uattr.is_kernel);