diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
index adc199dfba3c..6a30264ab2ba 100644
--- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
+++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(auxiliary_find_device);
 int __auxiliary_driver_register(struct auxiliary_driver *auxdrv,
 				struct module *owner, const char *modname)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	if (WARN_ON(!auxdrv->probe) || WARN_ON(!auxdrv->id_table))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -246,7 +248,11 @@ int __auxiliary_driver_register(struct auxiliary_driver *auxdrv,
 	auxdrv->driver.bus = &auxiliary_bus_type;
 	auxdrv->driver.mod_name = modname;
 
-	return driver_register(&auxdrv->driver);
+	ret = driver_register(&auxdrv->driver);
+	if (ret)
+		kfree(auxdrv->driver.name);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__auxiliary_driver_register);