diff --git a/io_uring/eventfd.c b/io_uring/eventfd.c
index b9384503a2b752ec132347d594c060a41877875f..d9836d43725fdd1a70a2f74dd0205cec0ab5f753 100644
--- a/io_uring/eventfd.c
+++ b/io_uring/eventfd.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ int io_eventfd_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg,
 	ev_fd->cq_ev_fd = eventfd_ctx_fdget(fd);
 	if (IS_ERR(ev_fd->cq_ev_fd)) {
 		int ret = PTR_ERR(ev_fd->cq_ev_fd);
+
 		kfree(ev_fd);
 		return ret;
 	}