diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
index f539c3c2a687..ddeb2314b522 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ struct kvm_pit *kvm_create_pit(struct kvm *kvm, u32 flags)
 	pit->wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("kvm-pit-wq");
 	if (!pit->wq) {
 		mutex_unlock(&pit->pit_state.lock);
+		kvm_free_irq_source_id(kvm, pit->irq_source_id);
 		kfree(pit);
 		return NULL;
 	}