diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 0d7e3ec8e0f3..427bb291dd0f 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ int __ref add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 		pgdat = hotadd_new_pgdat(nid, start);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		if (!pgdat)
-			goto out;
+			goto error;
 		new_pgdat = 1;
 	}