diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
index 3fd1bdb9fc05..e5e14d377ff8 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/btt.c
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ static struct btt *btt_init(struct nd_btt *nd_btt, unsigned long long rawsize,
 	if (btt->init_state != INIT_READY && nd_region->ro) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "%s is read-only, unable to init btt metadata\n",
 				dev_name(&nd_region->dev));
-		return NULL;
+		goto err;
 	} else if (btt->init_state != INIT_READY) {
 		btt->num_arenas = (rawsize / ARENA_MAX_SIZE) +
 			((rawsize % ARENA_MAX_SIZE) ? 1 : 0);
@@ -1614,25 +1614,28 @@ static struct btt *btt_init(struct nd_btt *nd_btt, unsigned long long rawsize,
 		ret = create_arenas(btt);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_info(dev, "init: create_arenas: %d\n", ret);
-			return NULL;
+			goto err;
 		}
 
 		ret = btt_meta_init(btt);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(dev, "init: error in meta_init: %d\n", ret);
-			return NULL;
+			goto err;
 		}
 	}
 
 	ret = btt_blk_init(btt);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "init: error in blk_init: %d\n", ret);
-		return NULL;
+		goto err;
 	}
 
 	btt_debugfs_init(btt);
 
 	return btt;
+err:
+	free_arenas(btt);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /**