diff --git a/lib/radix-tree.c b/lib/radix-tree.c
index 976b9bd02a1b..5c2f9d8f2c3e 100644
--- a/lib/radix-tree.c
+++ b/lib/radix-tree.c
@@ -714,8 +714,10 @@ int radix_tree_insert(struct radix_tree_root *root, unsigned long index,
 		return error;
 
 	error = insert_entries(node, slot, item);
-	if (error < 0)
+	if (error < 0) {
+		__radix_tree_delete(root, node, slot);
 		return error;
+	}
 
 	if (node) {
 		unsigned offset = get_slot_offset(node, slot);
@@ -581,6 +579,24 @@ static bool delete_node(struct radix_tree_root *root,
 	return deleted;
 }
 
+static bool __radix_tree_delete(struct radix_tree_root *root,
+				struct radix_tree_node *node, void __rcu **slot)
+{
+	void *old = rcu_dereference_raw(*slot);
+	int values = xa_is_value(old) ? -1 : 0;
+	unsigned offset = get_slot_offset(node, slot);
+	int tag;
+
+	if (is_idr(root))
+		node_tag_set(root, node, IDR_FREE, offset);
+	else
+		for (tag = 0; tag < RADIX_TREE_MAX_TAGS; tag++)
+			node_tag_clear(root, node, tag, offset);
+
+	replace_slot(slot, NULL, node, -1, values);
+	return node && delete_node(root, node);
+}
+
 /**
  *	__radix_tree_create	-	create a slot in a radix tree
  *	@root:		radix tree root
@@ -1365,24 +1381,6 @@ radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag_slot(const struct radix_tree_root *root,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag_slot);
 
-static bool __radix_tree_delete(struct radix_tree_root *root,
-				struct radix_tree_node *node, void __rcu **slot)
-{
-	void *old = rcu_dereference_raw(*slot);
-	int values = xa_is_value(old) ? -1 : 0;
-	unsigned offset = get_slot_offset(node, slot);
-	int tag;
-
-	if (is_idr(root))
-		node_tag_set(root, node, IDR_FREE, offset);
-	else
-		for (tag = 0; tag < RADIX_TREE_MAX_TAGS; tag++)
-			node_tag_clear(root, node, tag, offset);
-
-	replace_slot(slot, NULL, node, -1, values);
-	return node && delete_node(root, node);
-}
-
 /**
  * radix_tree_iter_delete - delete the entry at this iterator position
  * @root: radix tree root