diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c
index f799233c2b72..8a8764374713 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/etas_es58x/es58x_core.c
@@ -1783,8 +1783,9 @@ static int es58x_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	if (!es58x_dev->opened_channel_cnt) {
 		ret = es58x_alloc_rx_urbs(es58x_dev);
+		/* can fail partially */
 		if (ret)
-			return ret;
+			goto free_urbs;
 
 		ret = es58x_set_realtime_diff_ns(es58x_dev);
 		if (ret)