diff --git a/drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c b/drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c
index 09f44c6e2eaf..726ed8f59868 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/fsl_imx8_ddr_perf.c
@@ -562,8 +562,10 @@ static int ddr_perf_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	name = devm_kasprintf(&pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, DDR_PERF_DEV_NAME "%d",
 			      num);
-	if (!name)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!name) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto cpuhp_state_err;
+	}
 
 	pmu->devtype_data = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);