diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index c85825e17df8..aae1004d0a59 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -4743,6 +4743,12 @@ struct workqueue_struct *alloc_workqueue(const char *fmt,
 	wq_free_lockdep(wq);
 err_free_wq:
 	free_workqueue_attrs(wq->unbound_attrs);
+	if (wq->cpu_pwq) {
+		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+			kfree(*per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_pwq, cpu));
+		free_percpu(wq->cpu_pwq);
+		wq->cpu_pwq = NULL;
+	}
 	kfree(wq);
 	return NULL;
 err_destroy: