diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
index ebf6c96d7a41..24d6d9af20d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_sync.c
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ int xe_sync_entry_parse(struct xe_device *xe, struct xe_file *xef,
 			if (XE_IOCTL_DBG(xe, IS_ERR(sync->ufence)))
 				return PTR_ERR(sync->ufence);
 			sync->ufence_chain_fence = dma_fence_chain_alloc();
-			if (!sync->ufence_chain_fence)
-				return -ENOMEM;
+			if (!sync->ufence_chain_fence) {
+				err = -ENOMEM;
+				goto free_sync;
+			}
 			sync->ufence_syncobj = ufence_syncobj;
 		}