adapter->open_guard = false;
 
        adapter->txrx_wq = alloc_workqueue(DRV_NAME "/txrx", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+       if (unlikely(!adapter->txrx_wq)) {
+               err = -ENOMEM;
+               goto err_free_netdev;
+       }
+
        adapter->control_wq = alloc_workqueue(DRV_NAME "/control",
                                              WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+       if (unlikely(!adapter->control_wq)) {
+               err = -ENOMEM;
+               goto err_free_txrx_wq;
+       }
 
        INIT_WORK(&adapter->tx_stall_task, fjes_tx_stall_task);
        INIT_WORK(&adapter->raise_intr_rxdata_task,
        hw->hw_res.irq = platform_get_irq(plat_dev, 0);
        err = fjes_hw_init(&adapter->hw);
        if (err)
-               goto err_free_netdev;
+               goto err_free_control_wq;
 
        /* setup MAC address (02:00:00:00:00:[epid])*/
        netdev->dev_addr[0] = 2;
 
 err_hw_exit:
        fjes_hw_exit(&adapter->hw);
+err_free_control_wq:
+       destroy_workqueue(adapter->control_wq);
+err_free_txrx_wq:
+       destroy_workqueue(adapter->txrx_wq);
 err_free_netdev:
        free_netdev(netdev);
 err_out: