diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
index 64afaa243942..53517bcb6a35 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
@@ -2021,8 +2021,10 @@ static int wacom_initialize_remotes(struct wacom *wacom)
 
 	remote->remote_dir = kobject_create_and_add("wacom_remote",
 						    &wacom->hdev->dev.kobj);
-	if (!remote->remote_dir)
+	if (!remote->remote_dir) {
+		kfifo_free(&remote->remote_fifo);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	error = sysfs_create_files(remote->remote_dir, remote_unpair_attrs);