diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
index 692b0597a35c330cfbc6eff1b1d78af883127da8..0a9be4c5f1940a73e346fab94317a38df847af30 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-mem2mem.c
@@ -773,11 +773,17 @@ static int v4l2_m2m_register_entity(struct media_device *mdev,
 	entity->function = function;
 
 	ret = media_entity_pads_init(entity, num_pads, pads);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(entity->name);
+		entity->name = NULL;
 		return ret;
+	}
 	ret = media_device_register_entity(mdev, entity);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(entity->name);
+		entity->name = NULL;
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }