balloon_onchannelcallback, dev);
 
        if (ret)
-               return ret;
+               goto probe_error0;
 
        dm_device.dev = dev;
        dm_device.state = DM_INITIALIZING;
                 kthread_run(dm_thread_func, &dm_device, "hv_balloon");
        if (IS_ERR(dm_device.thread)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(dm_device.thread);
-               goto probe_error0;
+               goto probe_error1;
        }
 
        hv_set_drvdata(dev, &dm_device);
                                VM_PKT_DATA_INBAND,
                                VMBUS_DATA_PACKET_FLAG_COMPLETION_REQUESTED);
        if (ret)
-               goto probe_error1;
+               goto probe_error2;
 
        t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&dm_device.host_event, 5*HZ);
        if (t == 0) {
                ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
-               goto probe_error1;
+               goto probe_error2;
        }
 
        /*
         */
        if (dm_device.state == DM_INIT_ERROR) {
                ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
-               goto probe_error1;
+               goto probe_error2;
        }
        /*
         * Now submit our capabilities to the host.
                                VM_PKT_DATA_INBAND,
                                VMBUS_DATA_PACKET_FLAG_COMPLETION_REQUESTED);
        if (ret)
-               goto probe_error1;
+               goto probe_error2;
 
        t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&dm_device.host_event, 5*HZ);
        if (t == 0) {
                ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
-               goto probe_error1;
+               goto probe_error2;
        }
 
        /*
         */
        if (dm_device.state == DM_INIT_ERROR) {
                ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
-               goto probe_error1;
+               goto probe_error2;
        }
 
        dm_device.state = DM_INITIALIZED;
 
        return 0;
 
-probe_error1:
+probe_error2:
        kthread_stop(dm_device.thread);
 
-probe_error0:
+probe_error1:
        vmbus_close(dev->channel);
+probe_error0:
+       kfree(send_buffer);
        return ret;
 }
 
 
        vmbus_close(dev->channel);
        kthread_stop(dm->thread);
+       kfree(send_buffer);
 
        return 0;
 }