diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/sdma.c b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/sdma.c
index 0710e2ab767c..9a15f1f32b45 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/sdma.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/sdma.c
@@ -2731,22 +2731,21 @@ static int _extend_sdma_tx_descs(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, struct sdma_txreq *tx)
 			tx->coalesce_buf = kmalloc(tx->tlen + sizeof(u32),
 						   GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (!tx->coalesce_buf)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-
+				goto enomem;
 			tx->coalesce_idx = 0;
 		}
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(tx->num_desc == MAX_DESC))
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto enomem;
 
 	tx->descp = kmalloc_array(
 			MAX_DESC,
 			sizeof(struct sdma_desc),
 			GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!tx->descp)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		goto enomem;
 
 	/* reserve last descriptor for coalescing */
 	tx->desc_limit = MAX_DESC - 1;
@@ -2754,6 +2753,9 @@ static int _extend_sdma_tx_descs(struct hfi1_devdata *dd, struct sdma_txreq *tx)
 	for (i = 0; i < tx->num_desc; i++)
 		tx->descp[i] = tx->descs[i];
 	return 0;
+enomem:
+	sdma_txclean(dd, tx);
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/sdma.h b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/sdma.h
index 85701eed1585..da89e6458162 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/sdma.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rdma/hfi1/sdma.h
@@ -774,10 +774,13 @@ static inline int _sdma_txadd_daddr(
 	tx->tlen -= len;
 	/* special cases for last */
 	if (!tx->tlen) {
-		if (tx->packet_len & (sizeof(u32) - 1))
+		if (tx->packet_len & (sizeof(u32) - 1)) {
 			rval = _pad_sdma_tx_descs(dd, tx);
-		else
+			if (rval)
+				return rval;
+		} else {
 			_sdma_close_tx(dd, tx);
+		}
 	}
 	tx->num_desc++;
 	return rval;