diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
index b54ef1ffcbec..ee7a37eb159a 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
@@ -1213,8 +1213,10 @@ static int __wacom_devm_sysfs_create_group(struct wacom *wacom,
 	devres->root = root;
 
 	error = sysfs_create_group(devres->root, group);
-	if (error)
+	if (error) {
+		devres_free(devres);
 		return error;
+	}
 
 	devres_add(&wacom->hdev->dev, devres);