diff --git a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
index 5dafd7a8ec91..7abd66d1228a 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq-sysfs.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int blk_mq_register_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = hctx->queue;
 	struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx;
-	int i, ret;
+	int i, j, ret;
 
 	if (!hctx->nr_ctx)
 		return 0;
@@ -262,9 +262,16 @@ static int blk_mq_register_hctx(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx)
 	hctx_for_each_ctx(hctx, ctx, i) {
 		ret = kobject_add(&ctx->kobj, &hctx->kobj, "cpu%u", ctx->cpu);
 		if (ret)
-			break;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
+	return 0;
+out:
+	hctx_for_each_ctx(hctx, ctx, j) {
+		if (j < i)
+			kobject_del(&ctx->kobj);
+	}
+	kobject_del(&hctx->kobj);
 	return ret;
 }