diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
index aa3120104a51..46ee10551c63 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-timers.c
@@ -483,11 +483,15 @@ static int do_timer_create(clockid_t which_clock, struct sigevent *event,
 
 	/* Special case for CRIU to restore timers with a given timer ID. */
 	if (unlikely(current->signal->timer_create_restore_ids)) {
-		if (copy_from_user(&req_id, created_timer_id, sizeof(req_id)))
+		if (copy_from_user(&req_id, created_timer_id, sizeof(req_id))) {
+			posixtimer_free_timer(new_timer);
 			return -EFAULT;
+		}
 		/* Valid IDs are 0..INT_MAX */
-		if ((unsigned int)req_id > INT_MAX)
+		if ((unsigned int)req_id > INT_MAX) {
+			posixtimer_free_timer(new_timer);
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*