diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 358f2b0ce2bd..0ff9e3aa293d 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ static int map_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr, struct bpf_common_at
 
 	err = security_bpf_map_create(map, attr, token, uattr.is_kernel);
 	if (err)
-		goto free_map_sec;
+		goto free_map;
 
 	err = bpf_map_alloc_id(map);
 	if (err)