diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt-sysfs.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt-sysfs.c
index 5d3c3c80dab4..e3c3270b0cee 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt-sysfs.c
@@ -450,9 +450,11 @@ static int rnbd_clt_add_dev_kobj(struct rnbd_clt_dev *dev)
 
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&dev->kobj, &rnbd_dev_ktype, gd_kobj, "%s",
 				   "rnbd");
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		rnbd_clt_err(dev, "Failed to create device sysfs dir, err: %d\n",
 			      ret);
+		kobject_put(&dev->kobj);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.c b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.c
index 08ffb492ebfa..05ffe488ddc6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv-sysfs.c
@@ -47,13 +47,17 @@ int rnbd_srv_create_dev_sysfs(struct rnbd_srv_dev *dev,
 
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&dev->dev_kobj, &dev_ktype,
 				   rnbd_devs_kobj, dev_name);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		kobject_put(&dev->dev_kobj);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	dev->dev_sessions_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("sessions",
 							&dev->dev_kobj);
-	if (!dev->dev_sessions_kobj)
-		goto put_dev_kobj;
+	if (!dev->dev_sessions_kobj) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_dev_kobj;
+	}
 
 	bdev_kobj = &disk_to_dev(bdev->bd_disk)->kobj;
 	ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->dev_kobj, bdev_kobj, "block_dev");
@@ -64,7 +68,8 @@ int rnbd_srv_create_dev_sysfs(struct rnbd_srv_dev *dev,
 
 put_sess_kobj:
 	kobject_put(dev->dev_sessions_kobj);
-put_dev_kobj:
+free_dev_kobj:
+	kobject_del(&dev->dev_kobj);
 	kobject_put(&dev->dev_kobj);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -196,18 +201,17 @@ int rnbd_srv_create_dev_session_sysfs(struct rnbd_srv_sess_dev *sess_dev)
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&sess_dev->kobj, &rnbd_srv_sess_dev_ktype,
 				   sess_dev->dev->dev_sessions_kobj, "%s",
 				   sess_dev->sess->sessname);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		kobject_put(&sess_dev->kobj);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	ret = sysfs_create_group(&sess_dev->kobj,
 				 &rnbd_srv_default_dev_session_attr_group);
-	if (ret)
-		goto err;
-
-	return 0;
-
-err:
-	kobject_put(&sess_dev->kobj);
+	if (ret) {
+		kobject_del(&sess_dev->kobj);
+		kobject_put(&sess_dev->kobj);
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }