diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
index db09e8748ec8c6cefb199003fb8f6fe8e574a862..3f06aa909c01bd17c2b9e517833d2be55a83e4cf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
@@ -3699,11 +3699,13 @@ int __init dm_integrity_init(void)
 	}
 
 	r = dm_register_target(&integrity_target);
-
-	if (r < 0)
+	if (r < 0) {
 		DMERR("register failed %d", r);
+		kmem_cache_destroy(journal_io_cache);
+		return r;
+	}
 
-	return r;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void dm_integrity_exit(void)