diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index a3cd90a74012..f582351d84ec 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static int p9_virtio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	chan->vc_wq = kmalloc(sizeof(wait_queue_head_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!chan->vc_wq) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_free_tag;
+		goto out_remove_file;
 	}
 	init_waitqueue_head(chan->vc_wq);
 	chan->ring_bufs_avail = 1;
@@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ static int p9_virtio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	return 0;
 
+out_remove_file:
+	sysfs_remove_file(&vdev->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_mount_tag.attr);
 out_free_tag:
 	kfree(tag);
 out_free_vq: