diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/main.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/main.c
index fe09a8c8af95..ac4b754d9525 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/mlx5/main.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ int mlx5vf_add_migration_pages(struct mlx5_vhca_data_buffer *buf,
 	unsigned long filled;
 	unsigned int to_fill;
 	int ret;
+	int i;
 
 	to_fill = min_t(unsigned int, npages, PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(*page_list));
 	page_list = kvzalloc(to_fill * sizeof(*page_list), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ int mlx5vf_add_migration_pages(struct mlx5_vhca_data_buffer *buf,
 			GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 
 		if (ret)
-			goto err;
+			goto err_append;
 		buf->allocated_length += filled * PAGE_SIZE;
 		/* clean input for another bulk allocation */
 		memset(page_list, 0, filled * sizeof(*page_list));
@@ -104,6 +105,9 @@ int mlx5vf_add_migration_pages(struct mlx5_vhca_data_buffer *buf,
 	kvfree(page_list);
 	return 0;
 
+err_append:
+	for (i = filled - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		__free_page(page_list[i]);
 err:
 	kvfree(page_list);
 	return ret;