if (ret != 0) {
                err = ret;
-               goto errorout;
+               goto error0;
        }
 
        ret = hv_ringbuffer_init(
                &newchannel->inbound, in, recv_ringbuffer_size);
        if (ret != 0) {
                err = ret;
-               goto errorout;
+               goto error0;
        }
 
 
 
        if (ret != 0) {
                err = ret;
-               goto errorout;
+               goto error0;
        }
 
        /* Create and init the channel open message */
                           GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!open_info) {
                err = -ENOMEM;
-               goto errorout;
+               goto error0;
        }
 
        init_completion(&open_info->waitevent);
 
        if (userdatalen > MAX_USER_DEFINED_BYTES) {
                err = -EINVAL;
-               goto errorout;
+               goto error0;
        }
 
        if (userdatalen)
                               sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_open_channel));
 
        if (ret != 0)
-               goto cleanup;
+               goto error1;
 
        t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&open_info->waitevent, 5*HZ);
        if (t == 0) {
                err = -ETIMEDOUT;
-               goto errorout;
+               goto error1;
        }
 
 
        if (open_info->response.open_result.status)
                err = open_info->response.open_result.status;
 
-cleanup:
        spin_lock_irqsave(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
        list_del(&open_info->msglistentry);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
        kfree(open_info);
        return err;
 
-errorout:
-       hv_ringbuffer_cleanup(&newchannel->outbound);
-       hv_ringbuffer_cleanup(&newchannel->inbound);
+error1:
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
+       list_del(&open_info->msglistentry);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmbus_connection.channelmsg_lock, flags);
+
+error0:
        free_pages((unsigned long)out,
                get_order(send_ringbuffer_size + recv_ringbuffer_size));
        kfree(open_info);