diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_chan.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_chan.c
index 8f099601d2f2d..9b6f2c1414d72 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_chan.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_chan.c
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ nouveau_channel_new(struct nouveau_drm *drm, struct nvif_device *device,
 	if (ret) {
 		NV_PRINTK(err, cli, "channel failed to initialise, %d\n", ret);
 		nouveau_channel_del(pchan);
+		goto done;
 	}
 
 	ret = nouveau_svmm_join((*pchan)->vmm->svmm, (*pchan)->inst);