diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 6f96d8c2a711..3b5744306ed8 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ static void ramoops_free_przs(struct ramoops_context *cxt)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	cxt->max_dump_cnt = 0;
 	if (!cxt->przs)
 		return;
 
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ static int ramoops_init_przs(struct device *dev, struct ramoops_context *cxt,
 			     GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cxt->przs) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to initialize a prz array for dumps\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto fail_prz;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cxt->max_dump_cnt; i++) {
@@ -508,7 +509,6 @@ fail_buf:
 	kfree(cxt->pstore.buf);
 fail_clear:
 	cxt->pstore.bufsize = 0;
-	cxt->max_dump_cnt = 0;
 fail_cnt:
 	kfree(cxt->fprz);
 fail_init_fprz: