return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 }
 
+static void rds_tcp_conn_free(void *arg)
+{
+       struct rds_tcp_connection *tc = arg;
+       unsigned long flags;
+
+       rdsdebug("freeing tc %p\n", tc);
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&rds_tcp_conn_lock, flags);
+       if (!tc->t_tcp_node_detached)
+               list_del(&tc->t_tcp_node);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_tcp_conn_lock, flags);
+
+       kmem_cache_free(rds_tcp_conn_slab, tc);
+}
+
 static int rds_tcp_conn_alloc(struct rds_connection *conn, gfp_t gfp)
 {
        struct rds_tcp_connection *tc;
-       int i;
+       int i, j;
+       int ret = 0;
 
        for (i = 0; i < RDS_MPATH_WORKERS; i++) {
                tc = kmem_cache_alloc(rds_tcp_conn_slab, gfp);
-               if (!tc)
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-
+               if (!tc) {
+                       ret = -ENOMEM;
+                       break;
+               }
                mutex_init(&tc->t_conn_path_lock);
                tc->t_sock = NULL;
                tc->t_tinc = NULL;
                rdsdebug("rds_conn_path [%d] tc %p\n", i,
                         conn->c_path[i].cp_transport_data);
        }
-
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static void rds_tcp_conn_free(void *arg)
-{
-       struct rds_tcp_connection *tc = arg;
-       unsigned long flags;
-       rdsdebug("freeing tc %p\n", tc);
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&rds_tcp_conn_lock, flags);
-       if (!tc->t_tcp_node_detached)
-               list_del(&tc->t_tcp_node);
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rds_tcp_conn_lock, flags);
-
-       kmem_cache_free(rds_tcp_conn_slab, tc);
+       if (ret) {
+               for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+                       rds_tcp_conn_free(conn->c_path[j].cp_transport_data);
+       }
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static bool list_has_conn(struct list_head *list, struct rds_connection *conn)